chute

Example Sentences

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Subterranean bins have been built into the brick pavement on street corners, where residents can drop their bags into a chute above ground.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

“Someone might have stolen my spot because they ran down a 3,000-meter ski chute where gravity is helping you,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

There are realms of adulthood I just can’t get to, because every time I climb a ladder of effort, I fall down a chute of impulsivity.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

If he hadn’t put his hand in the mail chute, his fiancee might have stayed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

I gather them up and dump them down the chute.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor