How to Use sanitation in a Sentence

sanitation

noun

• Diseases can spread from poor sanitation.
• If a fish-stand staffer, with sanitation gloves, offers to hand you a clump of smoked salmon, take it.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022
• That’s a plus, but the camp lacks proper shelter and sanitation, and food is scarce.
  — Time, 6 Oct. 2023
• Ladson was pinned against the edge of the sanitation truck’s hopper.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
• As sanitation workers, the women take home wages of around 250 rupees a day, per the BBC.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
• Or that judge might have taken a broader view of the word sanitation.
  — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
• That’s more than the city spends on sanitation, parks, and the fire department combined.
  — The Editors, National Review, 14 Aug. 2023
• The Memphis sanitation strike was more than 50 years ago.
  — Kurtis Lee, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• That price gets you the tub, some sanitation chemicals, and not much else.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
• Then on a recent Monday, sanitation crews threw out what was left of the encampment and towed the RV.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
• Look for shoes that can be scrubbed, machine washed, or wiped down for easy cleaning and sanitation.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 16 May 2024
• And so his film’s hero will be a sanitation worker who cleans the toilets, seeing his job as a craft and a service for the people.
  — Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 11 May 2022
• The city of Portage’s sanitation department could have a green fleet complete by 2028.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• Take your tree to any of the city's sanitation centers or drop-off locations.
  — Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
• He had been employed as a sanitation worker for five years.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2023
• One week could bring clean water and sanitation to 27 million people for a year.
  — Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
• Another huge concern is sanitation of the area where the IV cocktails are mixed.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• The first line of a classic tune by The Stylistics is an ode to striking sanitation workers, and their reprise is a reminder, much like Bluey, that people make the world go round.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2023
• Streets had been closed off, cops milled around, and sanitation workers stood by, ready to start the arduous cleanup process whenever the event was over.
  — Caroline Tien, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
• Needless to say, the better the sanitation, the healthier these villages will be.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 July 2024
• Watch this little boy get the most thoughtful gift from his sanitation heroes.
  — Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
• Memphis sanitation workers in those years used round 17-gallon plastic tubs to haul garbage from backyards to trucks on the street.
  — Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Overcrowding, lack of clean water and sanitation could lead to the spread of infections like cholera and dysentery, compounding on the plight of Gazans.
  — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• The wheels had broken off one of their bags, so a local sanitation worker who had taken pity on them gave them a wheelbarrow.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
• The virus spreads easily via a fecal-oral route through poor hygiene and sanitation.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2022
• He was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of a sanitation worker during a traffic argument and served 12 years.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• Not just about sanitation workers but of people who suffer, and systems that inflict the pain.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 16 Jan. 2022
• In late July, sanitation workers did a sweep through Corona Plaza, renowned for its lively food scene.
  — Susan Hartman Todd Heisler, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Fights, rapes, and violence are also a frequent occurrence in the makeshift shelters where people also face health risks because of the lack of sanitation.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
• The film used a comedic and romantic tone to comment on various themes, from how lack of sanitation creates gender disparity and puts women at risk, to the health hazards of a lack of indoor plumbing.
  — Birgit Skarstein, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Feb 2025