garbage

Example Sentences

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The streaming subscription you finally admit is garbage.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

These aren’t kitchen-sink movies; they’re garbage disposal rejects, alloys composed of leftover scraps.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

It is now swept by local and nationwide blackouts, a failing electrical grid, food shortages, rationing, shrinking services—famously, limited garbage collection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

But as we would find out, our smog — photochemical smog — made the air taste like poison and look like something you’d put out with the garbage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

After she goes, I turn on some kids’ songs about garbage trucks and excavators to block out the music from down the hall.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison