How to Use litter box in a Sentence

litter box

noun
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  • To test the litter boxes, the testers filled the litter box with cat litter per the box’s guidelines.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The cats are also using my flower beds as a litter box.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Changing the litter box daily ensures that the oocysts will not become a danger.
    — Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • This won’t stop the miscues, but putting mats or pee pads around the litter box will make cleaning up a little easier.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Similarly, some cats are put off by the sounds produced by a self-cleaning litter box.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Barrymore has teamed up with Tidy Cats to celebrate the launch and to offer a lucky cat parent a stylish litter box upgrade.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
  • This type of litter box rotates the interior litter box around in a circle, from top to bottom.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Those who are pregnant should avoid cleaning the litter box and other areas where cats may have defecated.
    — Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 10 July 2024
  • For other pet cleaning products, this pet odor remover spray is down to $16, and this self-cleaning litter box is 22 percent off.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • McCormick suggests using this opportunity to make a cut-out for a pet bed or litter box in front of the millwork.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Wear gloves and promptly wash your hands after cleaning the litter box or being outdoors where a cat may have defecated.
    — Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The litter box is ideal for hotels, rest stops and other travel locations.
    — Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Upgrade your existing litter box or mat to a self-cleaning device from Petkit that can be used for multiple cats.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 12 July 2023
  • But cats can be quite picky and a sudden change of litter brand can lead to unpleasant behaviors — namely, peeing and pooping just outside the litter box or elsewhere in the home.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The machines often include apps that track your cat’s litter box habits, and some even automatically flush waste out of sight (and smell) a few minutes after a cat hops out.
    — Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Two buildings over, a neighbor in the second-floor apartment has put a litter box on the fire escape outside their window for community cats to shelter.
    — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • There are times when lugging a big and bulky vacuum into the high-mess spots of your home is less than desirable, particularly if your home is prone to dry spills like crumbs in the kitchen or by the cat’s litter box.
    — Lauren Fischer, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Cats also prefer to hide their feces, which would otherwise betray their whereabouts to prey and predators alike, hence their reluctance to use a dirty litter box.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
  • One cat may obstruct an entrance to the litter box or block food bowls around meal times, indications that these resources should be increased and spread further apart so each animal has its own turf.
    — Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Several employees take turns cleaning Leo’s litter box, filling his food and water bowls and changing his T-shirts, Simpkins said.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Cat feces is known to contain high levels of the parasite, so the CDC urges people to keep pet cats inside, change the litter box every day – before the parasite becomes infectious – and wash hands well.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • So, given a brief moment of freedom by Ceja, Soto swept his feet through the batter’s box Tuesday night like a cat repairing a litter box before settling into his stance.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • In December, the Himalayan cat's former owner brought the 13-year-old pet to a veterinarian to be euthanized for peeing outside the litter box.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Over the years, scientists have examined the contents of cat vomit and litter box turds, and conducted surveys asking pet owners to report the critters brought home by their outdoor fur babies.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023
  • According to the official logline for Season 11, there will be developments in some decades-long mysteries, including the love story of Fry and Leela and the contents of Nibbler's litter box.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • Anyone who’s emptied a litter box or flushed a toilet knows that the issue of a single individual can change shape dramatically over time.
    — Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • In addition to the unpleasant smells (think: accidents on the carpet and litter box odors), all the pet hair and dander floating around can be almost unbearable for allergy sufferers.
    — Samantha Jones Updated, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2023
  • The prize of the collection—a pallid, recumbent, half-naked Cleopatra, by Artemisia Gentileschi—was on loan to a museum, leaving a ghostly rectangle of space on a wall near the kitchen, where a litter box was discreetly positioned.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • While a new furry companion can be a great way to cure loneliness this Valentine's Day, another option to move on from lingering anger is to make a $20 donation to have your ex's name written in a litter box so the cats can... take care of business.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Feb. 2024
  • While the traumatized city tries once again to find its equilibrium, a high school teacher named Finn arrives from Illinois with his own conspiratorial fears and a litter box that once belonged to his landlady’s cat.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 June 2023

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