trash bin

Example Sentences

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There’s a karma to these places: donate well-loved, gently used items, and never use thrift or resale shops as a trash bin.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

Instead, mist the ash with water, gather it into a trash bag and throw it away in your trash bin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

The white raven was now poking around an apartment complex’s trash bin, along with some black-feathered friends.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

You’re still eating and enjoying some part of these snacks, which means it’s slightly different than if you were buying multiple groceries each week that ended up directly in your trash bin.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2023

While we ate, she gathered all of the boxes and the torn wrapping paper and took them to the trash bin outside.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat