detritus

Example Sentences

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Seve has let the detritus of life pile up around him — literally — with delivery packages and plastic-wrapped clothes overrunning his tiny Baltimore apartment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

It was still full of stranded belongings and furniture and detritus, but there were no neighbors there anymore.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

A city cleaning crew stages occasional sweeps to collect and throw away the detritus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Again, how much of that detritus exists, and how essential is it to the story of the band or the album?

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

Lifting it from the detritus, she ripped aside its wrappings, revealing leather covers, edges stained with age, clasps that locked all its secrets inside.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee