How to Use scrap heap in a Sentence

scrap heap

noun

• More like the scrap heap, as far as the Bruins were concerned.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
• This time, Philly won three out of four – and Atlanta joined the Mets as a 101-win team on the scrap heap.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• He was signed by Ned Colletti off the scrap heap in 2014.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• But Volt ultimately joined the Geo Metro on the scrap heap.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022
• So is the diesel engine resigned to the scrap heap of history?
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2018
• And their unlikely leader was Hicks, who had been plucked from the NFL scrap heap in 1979.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2021
• The once-mighty tall ship, now sagging and possibly headed for the scrap heap, was closed to the public in 1994.
  — Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2022
• The 31-year-old center was jobless this season until the Heat signed him off the free-agent scrap heap April 8.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Apr. 2021
• The odds of finding someone from the scrap heap to lead your team have always been minimal.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 21 July 2021
• At the damaged hospital, the medical dorms were a scrap heap.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
• So just what does the next chapter look like for a book store retailer on the publishing scrap heap not so long ago?
  — Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Two years later, the Giants are contending with a roster full of guys Zaidi picked off the scrap heap.
  — Nick Lozito, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2021
• Yet for a few years before those big numbers, he was essentially left for the NFL scrap heap.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
• Three thousand main battle tanks dwindled to 260; the backbone of the Luftwaffe, the Tornados, are destined for the scrap heap.
  — Josef Joffe, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
• The pandemic is reducing the fourth wall to rubble and carrying the pieces, one by one, to the scrap heap of history.
  — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2021
• The Lab is upcycling by taking on the scrap heap of luxe fibers and fabrics and turning them into high-end one-off creations.
  — Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
• The ability to run Windows is what saved the MacBook from the scrap heap of computing history.
  — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 10 Nov. 2020
• The idea that Asian Americans fared better played out in the 1980s, when Michigan's auto industry was heading to the scrap heap.
  — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2021
• The former president’s acumen for marketing and sales means the jet is likely not headed for the scrap heap.
  — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
• Building a parts bin bike is like passing an electromagnet over a scrap heap.
  — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2022
• Cubs fans loved to hate, was signed in May off the scrap heap and provided some power (19 home runs in 85 games) and veteran leadership.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• But within 10 or 15 years, recycling advocates say, the EVs being sold now will be headed for the scrap heap.
  — Merrill Goozner, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2021
• But a month after the Detroit Lions signed Peterson off the free agent scrap heap, the 35-year-old still is churning out yards and nowhere close to calling it a career.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2020
• Some tanks, however, are either poorly designed, poorly built, or should have headed to the scrap heap a long time ago.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2022
• His company might claim around seven of them off the scrap heap and turn them into what might be described as a playground for golf shoppers and the Home Depot of golf.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
• Trapping is not an archaic enterprise that is destined for the scrap heap.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
• With Means back to normal, Alex Cobb around for one more year, and a young group of pitchers ready to chip in, the Orioles may not have to go picking off the scrap heap to fill out their rotation any longer.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 21 Sep. 2020
• The response has been NFL teams continuously searching for kickers in the scrap heaps of other teams.
  — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2019
• The Lakers picked him up off the scrap heap after center DeMarcus Cousins went down with a season-ending knee injury.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• If removed, the Léopold statues would join others that have been relegated to the scrap heap during this moment of upheaval.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 9 June 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024