wastebasket

Example Sentences

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These commitments are important, as they give Kennedy something to wad up and christen his wastebasket with when he steps into his new office.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2025

This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024

There is nothing appealing about being people’s emotional wastebasket, and that is not in your job description.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

Add a small rug, plants and a wastebasket, and install organizers to hold your office supplies.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2021

She produces evidence: a sanitary pad, filched from Perdie’s wastebasket.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood