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

Remarkably, I listened, and later found the perfect outlet for my manuscript — a seagrass wastebasket, a bit worn, but quite poetic in its own way.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

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

From Washington Post • May 25, 2021

She now reached over, without quite having to get up, and emptied them into the wastebasket.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger