garbage
Example Sentences
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I corral the boys into the living room while Emma tosses paper plates and plastic forks into the garbage.
From Literature
The Dominican nuns who run the kitchen prepare food for about 80 elderly or destitute people -- growing numbers of Cubans are forced to rummage through garbage bins for food -- each day.
From Barron's
He opened the lid to the metal garbage can.
From Literature
“Thank God for the rain, which has helped wash away the garbage and trash off the sidewalks,” Travis says.
When we were done, we bussed our own tables and sorted our garbage from our recycling.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
