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.
  • Yeah, nah, that was hot garbage.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Like, piles of garbage, trash bags.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • More food would join in the garbage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Or, at least, throw them in the garbage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no need to add more garbage to the world.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Josh Safdie has a thing about garbage.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Will your garbage be picked up in Ohio?
    Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Items deemed trash are not booked and thrown in the garbage.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
  • Each got hit with a stop sale and thrown in the garbage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026
  • Io slapped him in the face and ran away, through the garbage.
    Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • His apartment was full of garbage.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That is a steaming hot pile of garbage.
    Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But the output doesn't look like garbage.
    Philip Brittan, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Sell it, donate it, throw it in the garbage.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • Buium’s main chore has been taking out the garbage.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Street crews raced to pick up the garbage before the wind could.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 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
  • This is not how garbage works; most dumpster falls are a lie.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Pelosi did not have the votes in her party to pass this garbage.
    Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
  • So be a dear, search turf here For garbage and trash abound.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Bears have also learned that our garbage can be a tasty food source.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Your first impulse may be to toss the whole thing in the garbage.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Over here, the large garbage cans overflowed with blue garbage bags.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Will my garbage be hauled off in Folsom?
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Will my garbage be hauled off in Folsom?
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025

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