waste basket

Example Sentences

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You could see her eyes roll to the back of her head as she sighed and held out the waste basket.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2023

Selma Dabbagh wrote us an abandoned love letter, retrieved from a hotel waste basket and sent as a scrumpled ball.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2016

The gal there said, ‘If somebody doesn’t pick it up, I’m throwing it in the waste basket.’

From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2015

He saw the couple from his upstairs window struggling with their waste basket and asked his grandmother if he could lend them their shovels.

From Chicago Tribune • Feb. 2, 2015

He crushed the paper into a hard wad and tossed it into the waste basket.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham