How to Use garbage can in a Sentence

garbage can

noun
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  • Frank Stubbs: Inside … the garbage can in the house was … a receipt from Lowe's that had been torn up.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Just release the lock on the bottom of the canister over a garbage can.
    — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2023
  • The kitchen god circled the garbage can, sniffing its contents.
    — Hiromi Kawakami, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • Paxson: The drum set was just a suitcase, a garbage can, and an old colonial snare drum.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Apply more sealant to the fitting's nut and screw it onto the fitting inside the garbage can.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2024
  • Toss your cleaning cloths into the washing machine rather than the garbage can.
    — Lauren Krueger, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2023
  • He was amused – although his first thought was to evict the couple and their belongings into the garbage can.
    — Laura Colvin, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Ochoa-Lopez’s body was wrapped in a blanket and plastic bag before it was dumped in a garbage can, according to WLS.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
  • From an aesthetic standpoint, there’s no denying that smart waste bins are much more pleasing to the eye than your run-of-the-mill garbage can.
    — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Guests shed layers of stockings and other clothing and tossed them into a garbage can.
    — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Justus said the fire started in a garbage can next to the house, where the family had thrown fireworks that had already been used and soaked in water.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
  • Her Nissan Altima struck a garbage can and a small tree before striking a large tree.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Instead of tossing it into the garbage can, pumpkins can be dropped into the green bin along with your food scraps so it can be turned to compost.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There are a few indicators of taste in a person’s home, and one of those is definitely their garbage can.
    — Tiana Randall, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2024
  • Recycling and garbage can be mixed in the same can for Monday and Tuesday routes, so recycling will be picked up weekly.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But not all trash should go straight into your garbage can, and not all food might be safe to go back into your refrigerator.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
  • For some reason, that video also includes pixelated images of a fire in a garbage can.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 19 July 2023
  • Start by putting trash in the garbage can and recyclables like take-out containers, water bottles, and soda cans in the recycling bin.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Take out the garbage The least elegant but most expedient method is sticking an empty 30-gallon garbage can under the runoff.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • In mid-October, a 17-year-old boy was found in a garbage can in the Fairfield Court housing development, fatally shot.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 19 June 2023
  • These little lifelines to the best of all binge-watching could be 20 times dirtier than your toilet and harbor more germs and bacteria than your garbage can or shoe rack.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Court records reviewed by The News Tribune revealed that officers found the couple's bodies with gunshot wounds in a garbage can near their home that afternoon.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Aromatherapy, however, won’t hide the stench of an overflowing kitchen garbage can or last night’s fish dinner.
    — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • CBS News reports authorities were first alerted to the baby boy after a gas station employee found him inside of a bag placed inside the garbage can.
    — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
  • To avoid attracting coyotes, residents should remove outdoor sources of food and secure garbage can lids, police said.
    — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • And bank closures, not to mention limits on withdrawals, mean people need the cash that unregulated work like gleaning from garbage can provide.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • There’s Bucky Beaver, a naturally industrious woodworker, who holds a carver’s mallet and chisel in his paws, and Reggie Raccoon, who totes a garbage can.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Legal battles begin Every night for over a year, Jacqueline Barber slept on a couch next to a garbage can to manage chronic, uncontrollable vomiting.
    — Nina Baker, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2024
  • Prince gave very few interviews, but once responded to criticism of the film’s portrayal of women – including one scene in which a character has an ex-girlfriend thrown into a garbage can.
    — Kaila Nichols, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • The idea behind safe haven laws was to stop maternal infanticide, the extraordinarily rare, headline-grabbing story of a newborn found in a garbage can.
    — Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023

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