wastebasket

Example Sentences

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This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.

From Los Angeles Times

Last month, in an act of showmanship during a Facebook Live event, Fain condemned a contract proposal from Stellantis as “trash” — and tossed a copy of it into a wastebasket, “where it belongs,” he said.

From Seattle Times

A wastebasket filled with Crystal’s crumpled papers and empty Dr Pepper cans still sits on one side of his bed.

From Washington Post

The Justice Department could simply drop the committee’s recommendation in the wastebasket and move on.

From New York Times

The girls mostly watched TV, though Nichol, who was more active, was given small tasks by her mother to keep her busy, like emptying all the wastebaskets and replacing the liners.

From Seattle Times