scrap heap

Example Sentences

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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

If that’s what’s best for her, then he’s OK with being cast on the scrap heap.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024

It’s been months since Broomhilda went to the scrap heap and I’m still car shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024

That has left Ms Haley feeling like she is "back on the scrap heap again" and "old before her time".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023

I knew I should be drunk with gratitude that I, an ignorant girl who’d crawled out of a scrap heap, should be allowed to study there, but I couldn’t summon the fervor.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover