How to Use detritus in a Sentence

detritus

noun
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  • As he packed, he sifted through the detritus of a failed relationship.
  • If there is debris in the bottom of the bag, turn it upside down over a trash can and gently shake out dirt, dust, hair, and other detritus.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The small ridge created by the screen protector ends up being a trap for dust and other little bits of detritus.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Still, at the end of the year there were no glue sticks in the bag of locker detritus.
    — Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Among the detritus cleared from gutters and lawns are the future of the state’s forests.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • And now for the detritus of a 100-loss season: Who inevitably takes the fall?
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Track detritus to right of us In line with sand castle to left.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Over the years, the public has seen the detritus of violence such as the blood stains and the police tape.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
  • Many see it as a helpful way to get rid of detritus for free.
    — Katherine Lagomarsino, Country Living, 9 Feb. 2018
  • But for those who have time to search through the detritus, a hidden gem may await you: A pair of 9.5-size turquoise high heels.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The hinge that allows the device to flex could let in water and detritus.
    — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Viral aerosols are tiny and compose just a small fraction of the detritus that floats around in the air.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • O’Reilly said the team already had, and there’s plenty of good to pick out of the detritus of the busted rager in downtown St. Louis.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 June 2019
  • As the water streams in, so does the detritus of the city—packets of chips, beer bottles, medicine boxes and the odd flip-flop.
    — Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The surfaces of the suite are strewn with the remnants of swag-bag assembly and the detritus of living with teenagers.
    — Lucy Feldman, Time, 10 July 2023
  • The tarmac is lined with the detritus of those who had run the gauntlet and succeeded.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The pop culture detritus from the era suggests Yarrow is on to something.
    — Daniel Arkin /, NBC News, 23 June 2018
  • The law requires that the detritus from a sector not fill more than 3.8 square inches.
    — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 13 Aug. 2018
  • Alongside the bones, Mouer found detritus - 25 leather shoes, olive green glass bottles, the remains of three dogs and a cat.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Trash, including bottles and other detritus could be seen strewn on the ground near the back of the black sedan.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Permafrost—ground that remains frozen year-round—is capped by a few feet of dirt and plant detritus.
    — Katie Orlinsky, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
  • But as more climbers visit the valley, rangers are finding more of the sport’s detritus throughout the park.
    — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Some pieces were simply plucked from the detritus and left unchanged.
    — Kevin Fagan, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
  • But what will determine this team’s fate still lies ahead of it and in their own hands, not the detritus of this series.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That scene of beach detritus—the conference of shells—lodged itself in my brain.
    — Laura Bannister, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2022
  • An acrid miasma emanates from the pan in which the detritus sits.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 24 May 2018
  • From his garage to room after room, the house is packed with the detritus of fame adjacency.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The desk holds one of five jars of her own art detritus, open so that visitors can sift and analyze the stuff.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
  • There's a four-block stretch of art in the McDougall-Hunt district, on the east side of Detroit, formed from the detritus of a century's worth of homes.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Oak Ridge sprang to life from ground littered with the detritus of uprooted lives.
    — Denise Kiernan, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023

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