How to Use garbage can in a Sentence

garbage can

noun

• 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
• The dummies were dumped in a garbage can that wasn’t used by Baldwin, the AP said of Zachry’s testimony.
  — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 6 Mar. 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
• Access to human food sources or garbage can cause dangerous situations down the line, Telesco said.
  — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024