trashcan

Example Sentences

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Finally, Madad emphasized the need to be careful with their tissues and trash: “the infected person should put any waste generated into a trashcan lined with a bag,” she recommends.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2022

A flamingo, which may be either a taxidermy bird or a plastic one plucked from an unsuspecting front yard, stands in a trashcan filled with junk, covered in oily black goop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2022

We don’t carry a personal device with us — it’s in our cars, at our bus stops, in every public trashcan and streetlight.

From The Verge • Nov. 1, 2021

At a crossing near the Irish town of Dundalk, adults and children wearing headlamps warmed themselves around a flaming trashcan.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2019

The paper sailed across the room, hit the rim of the trashcan, and bounced out.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides