dregs

Example Sentences

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Gomez’s sculpture thus becomes an important record of a precious moment: one in which the dregs of greed were laid bare for all to see.

From Los Angeles Times

He’d been a little too enthusiastic, sending most of the coffee dregs flying at her.

From Literature

It is not known whether this was one of the issues Sir Jim Ratcliffe was mulling over when the camera panned to him in the last dregs of United's latest damaging loss under Amorim's charge.

From BBC

“Heart Eyes” has two goals: satirize romantic comedies and squeeze the dregs from slasher clichés.

From Los Angeles Times

And the buoy answers, “Yes,” quickly scanning the dregs of the internet to offer up a lifelike image, landing on an influencer.

From Los Angeles Times