throwaway

Example Sentences

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A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

“Whether this is a serious policy threat or just another throwaway comment remains to be seen,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Series executive producer Brendan Hay told The Times in 2023 that setting “Secrets of the Mogwai” in 1920s China was “a chance to own the somewhat throwaway origin that the Mogwai have in the films.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

"When I was growing up, you'd get a couple of plastic throwaway items from the supermarket in the days before Halloween, and then they were binned," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

While she was turned away, examining an old peach basket I’d put in the throwaway pile, I sucked in my breath.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings