garbage
Example Sentences
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A few people were picking through garbage cans, and someone was sleeping on a bench, curled up tight, and there was an enthusiastic game of basketball echoing over from the newly refinished court.
From Literature
A filthy, ripped sofa piled with broken furniture and bags of garbage sits in the middle of the living area, a stained mattress propped up against its side.
From Literature
The garbage shuddered and gave way to a dingy white rat: sharp red eyes, a pink tail, back paw missing two toes.
From Literature
Garbage in, garbage out remains the eternal problem calling for intelligent human prioritization of computing tasks.
“It’s hell,” said a taxi driver named Pedro as he drove past heaps of garbage rotting in the streets because there is not enough gas for trash trucks.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
