"Leave plate in wastebasket, Missy," he whispered hoarsely. From Wordnik.com. [Just Patty] Reference
"Sometimes the wastebasket is exposed," said Joel Joves, a designer with offices in Rancho Santa Fe and Beverly Hills. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: October 6, 2002 - October 12, 2002 Archives] Reference
Over in the wastebasket was a brown paper bag, rolled back as a sort of liner. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
A wastebasket is a necessary piece to have in the bedroom of a baby and it is nice if it is able to match other items in the room. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
There was a pack of chewing gum in the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2003] Reference
Carolyn turned the wastebasket upside down and sat on it. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
The letter went to the wastebasket without being answered. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
But some filings escaped, so use PedEgg over a wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Fingers and toes: What’s hot, what’s not] Reference
Penny snatched up the paper and crushed it into her wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
Artie tossed the wet tissues into the wastebasket in the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
And fainting is one of these sort of throwaway wastebasket terms. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2008] Reference
Carolyn turned her back on Lily then and picked up the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
Shirley who sat in the wastebasket and beamed upon an approving world. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
He finished his coffee and threw the Styrofoam cup at the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html]
Sitting on the wastebasket was uncomfortable, and her lower back hurt. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
She wonders whether she has left knives on tables, glass in the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Neighbors] Reference
"No, he cannot," Illyanov interrupted, coming over and holding a wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Hayward wheeled away from her desk to allow the woman access to her wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
He found scraps of writing in the wastebasket, too, and inspected them carefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Brand of Silence A Detective Story] Reference
She dried the spigot and stowed the paper towel in a wastebasket beneath the sink. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
Usually the executive producer starts with a telephone, a wastebasket, and an idea. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2003] Reference
As for Lee and Emma Adler, Williams simply dropped their card into the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
He said was it your impression things in this wastebasket were going to be thrown away?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2004] Reference
They downed their drinks and turned, as one man, to hurl the glasses into the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
She went past Lily to the back door, unlocked it, and took the wastebasket into the alley. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
Mr. Gaines poured water from the jug beside the glass and it splashed into the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [html]
He brought it back to the kitchen, ran it under the faucet, and tossed it in the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
She picks the limp body up and wraps it neatly in a paper towel and places it in the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [It’s like this, cat] Reference
Carolyn stood and dropped the broken bits of the mug into the wastebasket beside the refrigerator. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
Now I sit on the edge of the bathtub with sewing scissors and let the hair fall into the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting For My Life--For The Second Time] Reference
I ripped the page from my battered notebook, balled the paper, and hurled it towards the wastebasket. From Wordnik.com. [Songbird] Reference
Cannon left his fingerprints on it, dropped it into the wastebasket, and covered it with tissue paper. From Wordnik.com. [Hail to the Chief] Reference
Quickly, he fished the hypogun out of the wastebasket and dropped it into the little black bag which he had carried with him. From Wordnik.com. [Hail to the Chief] Reference
It's been awhile since she signed anything, and she rummages in the wastebasket, smoothes a crumpled envelope to practice on. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Walks Into A Bar] Reference
She left her bed in a mess and did not bother to throw some of the paper balls on the ground into the small wastebasket by her. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.3: It's So Wonderful, It's So Beautiful] Reference
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