garbage bag
Example Sentences
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“Before you know it, white worms are wriggling and swarming in every garbage bag and along the walls and floors and underlids of every trash can.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Often, the instinct is to just begin: grab a garbage bag, empty the freezer, start wiping baseboards, briefly consider alphabetizing your spices.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
By Thursday evening, someone had returned a garbage bag full of newspapers to the Plaindealer, and supporters had donated about $2,000 to the paper, something Wiggins called “extremely heartening and humbling.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024
I was not excited about the specter of Alvin’s 50-gallon garbage bag and roll of toilet paper, which would ensure me membership to what our pilot called “a very elite club.”
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2023
I didn’t take much with me: a dozen jars of home-canned peaches, bedding, and a garbage bag full of clothes.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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