castoff
Example Sentences
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The Seahawks traded their starting quarterback to another franchise that was desperate for one and turned to someone else’s castoff to replace him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Zach McKinstry, IF/OF, Tigers: Another Dodgers castoff finding a home in Detroit is McKinstry, who has played shortstop, third base, second base and two outfield positions this season.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024
At the 2023 Seattle Art Fair, her 25-foot-tall castoff wire puppets were showstoppers amid the clean white booths.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024
I’ve been given castoff items from “downsizing” family members, and overwhelmingly, it’s junk that just needed to be thrown in the trash or donated.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023
Breakfast that morning was a feast—a bit of the rice boiled to a gruel in a castoff earthenware pot, served up in a bowl carved from a gourd.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
