rubbish
Example Sentences
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"He said 'you can sort it all out and take charge with money because I'm rubbish with it,'" she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“Nobody bothered to step up against him apart from a bin, which is a bit rubbish, isn’t it!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
"I really feel for the people that have been sucked into buying some of this rubbish," Matthews said.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Wegner on Friday admitted that his "communication" about the day had been "rubbish" but he defended the city's response to the blackout.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
At eight o’clock in the evening he will eat some miserable rubbish they get in exchange for their food tickets, then he will take a powder for his headache and work on.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Vocabulary lists containing rubbish
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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