throwaway
Example Sentences
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A sweet little throwaway in which Mellencamp picks up steaks at the grocery store for a picnic with his daughter Teddi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
It was a throwaway line in a long conversation, delivered with the dry, unshowy confidence he brought to everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Soon after landing, he delivered a throwaway line repeating that the US should really take over Greenland, an island that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a fellow Nato member.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
What might at first seem a bit of preciousness, and which even Gyllenhaal initially makes seem a bit of a throwaway, reveals itself to have a much deeper meaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
I closed my eyes and dreamed of real soda pop in convenient throwaway cans.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
