How to Use laundry list in a Sentence

laundry list

noun

• She described a laundry list of goals for the city's schools.
• He recited a laundry list of problems.
• And the Keaton callback is just one of a laundry list of them.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
• But there is a laundry list of learnings of what’s not the best idea.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Still, the laundry list of what needs to be done is somewhat longer.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2019
• The Pistons have a laundry list of guys battered and bruised around this time of the year.
  — Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2022
• The laundry list of things that had to be addressed with my surgery is quite long.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• No, not his laundry list of lies about the 2020 election.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 26 Sep. 2021
• And that makes for quite a long laundry list of abstract shapes.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Oct. 2021
• These are just a few of the updates that are on the laundry list for both pieces of software.
  — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2018
• Zara has a laundry list of its own, ripping off brands high and low.
  — Chavie Lieber, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
• When it first got kicked off, there was a laundry list of song and who wanted to do what.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022
• The laundry list of promises Musk has failed to keep is striking.
  — Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
• Once again, the show boasts a laundry list of top acting talent.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
• Cohen ends her life of Logue with a laundry list of lessons, some items bleached and clean, some still stained.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
• The new law is full of vague language with a laundry list of ideas teachers should not talk about.
  — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 22 June 2021
• And the ’60s handed the left a laundry list of menaces to be defeated.
  — Shelby Steele, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2018
• The key now, Murray said, is how the Cardinals clean up the laundry list of issues that turned sour.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• The plaintiffs threw a laundry list of claims against the state, and every single count was dismissed.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• The Patriots have a laundry list of issues with this 2020 team.
  — Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2020
• All vital stuff, but still a laundry list of Trumpian talking points.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2018
• This is just another item to add to our laundry list of demands.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Nov. 2020
• The Clippers needed some tuning up, but George was way down on the laundry list of issues.
  — Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
• State law spells out a laundry list of things the Arizona Board of Regents are supposed to oversee.
  — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
• What if there’s a new scenario that was not accounted for in the laundry list of if-then statements?
  — Dr. Augustine Fou, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• That’s why, of all the items on the global-strife laundry list, analysts worry most about trade wars.
  — Ryan Derousseau, Fortune, 26 June 2018
• The Spurs won despite a laundry list of missing players.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2022
• The laundry list of racist and sexist violations goes on and on.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 July 2021
• Butler has garnered a list of nagging injuries over the years that could present a challenge to a Lakers roster featuring two leaders in their thirties who have also collected laundry lists of injuries over the years.
  — Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
• Biden rattled off a laundry list of accomplishments and strong economic indicators from his time in office.
  — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025