How to Use dumpster in a Sentence

dumpster

noun

• The winds had thrown a steel dumpster against the front wall.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
• There were also about 15 grass, dumpster, and trash fires in the area.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022
• Skye Skye was found in a dumpster and brought to a high-kill shelter.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
• The two cleaned the area and wrapped Nicole Jones’ body in the tarp and threw it in a dumpster, officials said.
  — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
• Mary is nearly hit by a rogue dumpster in the street, and Steve saves her life.
  — Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
• The oldest case dates to 1978 when a newborn girl was found in a dumpster.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 July 2022
• The dog appeared to have been stabbed and choked before its death, and was found in a dumpster.
  — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
• The widow of his brother, Beau, later found the gun and threw it in a dumpster.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2023
• The girl landed between a tree and a dumpster, the report shows.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
• If a bear is seen in your area, make sure that trash cans and dumpsters are secured and can't be used as a source of food.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
• The dumpster had been removed from the area and residents were piling trash bags off to the side.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2023
• His guys sometimes pick up enough garbage to fill six 30-yard dumpsters.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 8 Sep. 2023
• Even so, the dumpster was subject to outsiders tossing garbage in and around it.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
• But police believe the torso found in the dumpster is Mei’s.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• The scene had a lot of blood, including bloody drag marks near the dumpster, the arrest report said.
  — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2024
• Seagulls wheel around above, drawn by scraps in dumpsters.
  — Hannah Dreier Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Alisa says Trevor pulled the SUV over, parked right behind a dumpster, and climbed into the back seat.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2023
• The remains of a 20-to-24-week-old fetus were burned and left next to a dumpster in November.
  — Eli Saslow Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
• The dumpster rattles in the wind and my twin is holding her notebook down with flat hands to keep the pages from flipping.
  — Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
• The truck had a pneumatic lift for a dumpster that was raised, which was ripped off, police said.
  — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• The strong winds blew a blue dumpster across the parking lot, and then knocked the press box off its perch atop the stadium’s bleachers.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• Of course, the empty boxes had to be thrown out, and the dumpster was down the same wet stairwells — but what's a couple of more steps, right?
  — Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023
• The couple ditched the car in downtown San Diego, took refuge in a dumpster on the school campus and held police at bay overnight.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
• At one point, officers searched a dumpster at a gas station across the street.
  — Jeff Amy, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
• The truck had a pneumatic lift for a dumpster that was raised, which hit the top of the bridge and was ripped off, Procopio said in an e-mail to the Globe.
  — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• The bear chows down on the sweets before the car comes around, triggering the bear to retreat towards the nearby dumpsters.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 3 June 2023
• The fire began in a dumpster on church property around 2:30 a.m. Thursday and spread to the building’s roof.
  — Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
• Everything from water and dump trucks to bins and dumpsters has had to be brought in from elsewhere.
  — Jim Carlton, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2024
• Avila is accused of leaving her deceased baby girl in a dumpster behind a business on the 5400 block of La Sierra Ave.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2024
• Sure enough, two prominent candidates and their helpers were there, pitching junk into giant roll-off Dumpsters.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024