How to Use garbage in a Sentence

garbage

noun

• Throw the can in the garbage.
• Please take out the garbage.
• The park was littered with garbage.
• If you ask me, what he said is a bunch of garbage.
• Raccoons were going through the garbage.
• To yank out a garbage bag full of clothes is to nearly send his old Hot Wheels rolling.
  — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2022
• Humans attract rats and mice, which feed off garbage and take shelter in attics.
  — Zachary T. Sampson, Sun Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2022
• They are adept at climbing and can chew and claw through a host of materials, and can subsist on garbage.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2022
• The man got a bag of garbage from a dumpster, placed it under the patrol car, and lit the trash on fire, officials said.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2022
• When the time comes to empty the canister, simply press a button to release dust into your garbage can.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2022
• Passing a pile of garbage, Krishen explained that the spot was a dumping ground for the polo clubhouse.
  — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• The bags are then emptied into the garbage, eliminating the hassles of dealing with black waste water.
  — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2024
• My family double-bagged the large ones inside a metal garbage retainer in the kitchen and took them out to the trash barrels when full.
  — Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2024
• Will the city of Milwaukee garbage pickup schedule change on Columbus Day?
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
• Find your garbage and recycling schedule at city.milwaukee.gov/sanitation/GarbageRecyclingSchedules.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
• One day, Myles picked his brother up from school, surprised to see Landon carrying a garbage bag full of athletic wear.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
• Enlist a partner or a few family members to help. Keep garbage and recycling cans nearby so guests can toss empty drinks and trash.
  — Nicole Pajer, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
• So far artificial intelligence hasn’t churned out anything Oscar-worthy, but what’s surfaced isn’t garbage, either.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2022
• And yes, there was drought residue and silt and garbage.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• She was shot twice in the head and her body was dumped on a pile of garbage.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• The sweat matched the DNA on the cut zip tie found in a garbage bag in back of Kyle’s house.
  — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
• Street crews raced to pick up the garbage before the wind could.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• In the parking lot, a big black bird tore at a garbage bag.
  — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
• At the Bethany Church, there is not a single garbage bin.
  — Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Jan. 2023
• And there’s been a rise of SEO-bait garbage that surfaces first.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 12 May 2023
• Or the stench of the garbage sticks around, even after the trash can has been emptied.
  — Lindsey M. Roberts, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• This one has an elastic lid to keep the garbage inside the can.
  — Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
• All parts of the plant must be bagged up and disposed of properly in the garbage.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• Use plastic hangers, black garbage bags, and faux fur to make the bats.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• As soon as the weather gets warm, the smell of garbage is merciless.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024