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
  • Four of the dogs were found in a dumpster by the shelter.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Only hours old, the pups had been tossed aside and left to die in a dumpster.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The desks came out of a dumpster and the computers were hand-me-downs, but students showed up.
    — Mike Belleme, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Sibley ran across the lot, behind some other cars parked in the car wash bays and behind a dumpster while trying to evade the gunmen, the footage shows.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Sibley ran and was chased by the two gunmen, who continued to fire multiple shots and cornered him near a dumpster, the video shows.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025

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