dregs

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synonyms for dregs

On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dregs, such as: deposits, dirt, lees, residue, settlings, and slag.

How to use dregs in a sentence

  • The fish dies and is brought back to life—along with grandpa—with the dregs of a bag of chips.

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  • The royal family, imprisoned in the Tuileries, were each day drinking of the cup of humiliation to its lowest dregs.

  • Did this little man really know as much as he pretended, or was he merely fumbling around in the dregs of a forgotten past?

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  • They come into power flushed with success, and are themselves the very dregs of radicalism.

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  • My kinsman did not observe the loss, but, once more throwing back his head, drained the remainder to the dregs.

  • This same bitter cup is filled for your own lips, and you must drink it to the dregs.

    Heart | Martin Farquhar Tupper

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