trash barrel

Example Sentences

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But as we glide upward, we spot a trash barrel right beneath us.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2016

As the afternoon drags on, and we wait for the OK to be able to leave our homes again, the trash barrel remains on the sidewalk, waiting to be picked up.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2013

"If I was making the money they're making, I'd put a trash barrel over my head."

From Newsweek • May 25, 2010

Late on Friday night, a group of soldiers stood around a fire in a trash barrel at the guard station, at the rear of their barracks, smoking and discussing why they were in Iraq.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2010

Early on Wednesday morning, I built a fire in the metal trash barrel in the backyard, fueled by my school papers.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals