waste basket
Example Sentences
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I hacked, while mint-green "Exorcist"-like fluid sprayed out of my mouth and into a waste basket.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2023
Selma Dabbagh wrote us an abandoned love letter, retrieved from a hotel waste basket and sent as a scrumpled ball.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2016
The gal there said, ‘If somebody doesn’t pick it up, I’m throwing it in the waste basket.’
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2015
At first, armed only with a mesh waste basket and a broom, the couple looked over matched for the pile of snow that fenced in their car.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 2, 2015
He crushed the paper into a hard wad and tossed it into the waste basket.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
