wastebasket

Example Sentences

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Shareholders get so little in settlement that most never collect their damages; their claim forms end up in the wastebasket.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

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

Panicked and still in the bathroom, using her smartphone to get help, she found my video, watched it and then used the wastebasket in the bathroom as her bucket.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

There was no wastebasket in sight, so I crumpled the flowers up and laid them in the deep white basin.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath