discarded

Example Sentences

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Those vows are easy to adopt in adolescence, but they tend to be discarded by one’s late teens or early twenties.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Scrounging also leads to discarded household items, abundant on our city’s sidewalks with “free” signs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The findings suggest that even parts of the plant often discarded, such as leaves, may hold valuable compounds with potential uses in medicine.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Evie first saw the pale axolotl nestled in the rocks after lifting up a discarded mat in the shallows of the River Ogmore.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

When he set it on the small wooden table near the wood-burning stove in the back of the bus, Toomer discarded the moss through an open window and revealed a bushel of single oysters.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy