Examples of junkyard in a Sentence
The car was hauled off to the junkyard.
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Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard.
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ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026
As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026
As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junkyard. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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