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Recent Examples of handbasket
There’s plenty of hell-in-a-handbasket rhetoric about young people today.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Everything has gone to hell in a handbasket as a result of it.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
If the purpose of this essay were to merely shout at the heavens, proclaiming that the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of rampant biblical illiteracy on Earth, many may be tempted to dismiss my concerns — flippantly enough.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
At least as much as an unemployed football coach and his hell-in-a-handbasket Mayberry RFD nostalgia.
—al, 10 Dec. 2019
On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut.
—Jack McCallum, SI.com, 27 June 2018
Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbasket
Noun
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Cook the nuts and seeds for 5 to 10 minutes, shaking the basket halfway through for an even roast.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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Cunningham wrapped up Sheldon under the basket on a hard foul in the fourth quarter, and the two were ejected.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In addition to the character’s photo and name, the milk carton listed his weight as 170 pounds and noted that Sam had blue eyes.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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Harper is currently starring on milk cartons throughout Michigan.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Because by the time Schmitt slid down to the crash, Buddy’s soft-side, zippered crate was still strapped in the bed, but the pointer wasn’t in there.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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There were reportedly two dog crates in the living room with feces coating the floors, according to the warrant affidavit.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
Noun
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The impetus is also on apparel firms to produce higher quality products that don’t fade or fall apart in months, as well as for consumers to wear clothes for longer, repair rather than discard old garments, and only deposit still wearable items into those recycling bins.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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Police said a woman was found unresponsive with her head trapped in the deposit mechanism of a donation bin in Lodi, Calif., on Aug 5.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The cortège, paid for by the musician’s family, trailed through the city with Osbourne’s casket in a black hearse.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
4 Aug. 2025
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On Sunday, an ambulance, paid for by Lozano, transported Dieu’s body in a casket back across the Haitian-Dominican border so.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The nave rises like a forest canopy, supported by branching stone trunks, which supports Gaudí’s vision to bring the natural world in.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
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Abbott, a 37-year-old Detroiter, recalls being in an elementary school play dressed in an elephant costume his mother made using a water sprinkler for the trunk as the spark.—
Ryan Garza,
Freep.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But there is plenty that states can do, such as requiring more thorough background checks, instating a thirty-day waiting period, banning assault weapons, taxing the sale of firearms and ammunition, promoting gun storage in lockers, and prohibiting open carry.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Evidence that once sat dormant in an evidence locker now has the power to speak.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Handbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbasket. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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