throwaway

Example Sentences

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“For so long, people thought it was just the most effortless throwaway career,” Berman says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The Welsh government said laying regulations for Wales's DRS was a major step towards ending throwaway culture.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Much of it is the sort of thing that will work or not work depending on your mood, but generally I prefer the small throwaway jokes to the big gross ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Specifically, I often recall one throwaway line that has come to feel very prescient.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025

He tried ro sound casual, as though this was a throwaway comment of no real importance, but he was not sure he had achieved the right effect; Lupin’s smile was a little too understanding.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling