trashcan

Example Sentences

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We don’t carry a personal device with us — it’s in our cars, at our bus stops, in every public trashcan and streetlight.

From The Verge • Nov. 1, 2021

At a crossing near the Irish town of Dundalk, adults and children wearing headlamps warmed themselves around a flaming trashcan.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2019

I can’t think of anything I’d be worse at; I’d be sobbing into a trashcan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2019

Now that I’ve read that, I definitely understand the raison d’être for this little trashcan orchid pot bag.

From Slate • May 3, 2019

The paper sailed across the room, hit the rim of the trashcan, and bounced out.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides