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How to use dustbin in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Dustbin means a bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can. Example: “He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.”

More sentences with dustbin

  • He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.From the entry cheapskate
  • The road was full of black bags awaiting the arrival of the dustbin men.From the entry black bag
  • He was forever diving into dustbins or swooping on to the ground for cigarette ends.1989, Michael Bettsworth, Marking Time: A Prison Memoir, page 32. From the entry swoop
  • Soon, the old scientific method – hypothesise, predict, test – would be relegated to the dustbin of history.2022 January 9, Laura Spinney, “Are we witnessing the dawn of post-theory science?”, in The Guardian. From the entry dustbin of history
  • I darted from room to room as the see-through bagless dustbin piled high with shocking amounts of icky-poo.2007 October 7, S.S. Fair, “Vacuum Packed”, in New York Times. From the entry pile
  • Instead we switched from dustbins to wheelie bins which required equally significant investment in new bins and refuse vehicles.1999, David Rudlin, Nicholas Falk, Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood, UK: Elsevier, page 95. From the entry wheelie bin
  • Each unique backcourt was an adventure playground with walls to be climbed, chasms to be leaped and dustbins to be raked through and pillaged.2011 January 8, Brian McHugh, The Guardian. From the entry backcourt
  • After another hour, I had Hoovered the carpet and emptied the dustbin, and we all sat down to watch vintage home movies.1984 February 22, Hunter Davies, “Father’s Day”, in Punch, volume 286, number 7473, Punch Publications Ltd., page 33, column 3. From the entry hoover
  • Derided, lampooned and long since consigned to the dustbin of aesthetic history, the art of Soviet Socialist Realism has not enjoyed a happy afterlife following the collapse of communism.2009 October 24, Vanessa Thorpe, “New exhibition in Berlin brings forgotten Soviet art back to reality”, in The Observer. From the entry socialist realism
  • The bulky, squarish, heavy picture tube, the standard television technology for more than 60 years, is heading for the dustbin of history much faster than anyone expected.2006 May 7, Eric A. Taub, “Picture Tubes Are Fading Into the Past”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Nov 2015. From the entry picture tube
  • The five-piece band drew appreciative whoops despite a lackluster performance made up mostly of blandiose romantic ballads in the tradition of such denizens of the pop dustbin as Firefall.1989 September 9, Marty Hughley, “Judds give stellar performance”, in The Oregonian. From the entry blandiose

Meaning of dustbin

  1. noun A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.

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Questions about dustbin in a sentence

How do you use dustbin in a sentence?
Dustbin is used as a noun. For example: “He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.”
What is a short sentence with dustbin?
“He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.”
What does dustbin mean?
Dustbin means a bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.

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