How to Use bin in a Sentence

bin

1 of 2 noun
  • Put the old newspapers in the recycling bin.
  • Small sets of keys or spare change do not need to go in the bin.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2023
  • Make sure to tightly seal the lids to your garbage bins.
    Rebecca Straus, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But to get to the bin, the wheelchair has to be in the street, because the container will be in the street.
    Curbed, 2 Feb. 2024
  • To be safe, use store bought soil and plant in bins, barrels or planters.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Those faces in the bin were an off cut from the O Monolith design ideas.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Jack mounted a tractor and pulled a long auger used to convey the corn off one of the grain bins.
    Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Grant is the first to get a ring in the bin, but soon Bananas takes the lead with six rings over Grant and Tristan's one.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Pork waiting to be packaged sat in bins at Arnold's Meats in Chicopee last week.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • Add-ons such as hooks and bins will help a small island work even harder.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Hence the random assortment of brand-new items in her bins.
    Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Within two minutes, half a dozen men were rooting in the bins.
    Susan Hartman Todd Heisler, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • As boxes and bins come in, they’re packed on ice for truck transport to New York City and beyond.
    Karen Zraick Karsten Moran, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Layering them like a lasagna is the best way to build up your compost pile or fill your bin.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 May 2023
  • Then another man approached the front door with a large gray garbage bin.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In the picture, the giant beaver is in a black bin with a light blue blanket hanging off the side of the container.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Make sure your travel stroller will fit in an overhead bin.
    Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Most refrigerators come with a special bin or shelf on the door to hold the eggs.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
  • His clothes and belongings would be catalogued and locked in a bin for him.
    Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Lightweight Stroller, our best overall pick, is easy to store in an overhead bin.
    Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • So adding there eighth bin for electronics wouldn’t be that big of an issue.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The set comes with six bins that are big enough to hold seasonal clothing, toys, games, and extra linens.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
  • My life is about as organized as a $5 DVD bin at Walmart.
    Kori Williams, Seventeen, 13 July 2023
  • This trash can doubles as a compost bin, with a 2-in-1 design that can be mounted under the sink or hung on the wall.
    Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Anything that can smash, like a nice camera, should always be stored in lower bins in the event of a hasty turn or quick stop.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Suitcases go through a lot of wear and tear, whether it's stowed in the overhead bin on your flight or bumping along the baggage carousel.
    Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2023
  • She was wrapped with plastic and duct tape, naked inside a brown canvas suitcase that had been placed in a trash bin.
    CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • He was spotted sitting near a trash bin about 30 feet from the clinic and was arrested.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Use the cute included ice scoop to dip into the storage bin, fill a Big Gulp–size cup with chewable nugget ice, and aah.
    Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Streett ushered them to an out-of-the-way location, next to a trash bin, so the two rockers could have their cigarettes.
    Tony Holt, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
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bin

2 of 2 verb
  • In sun, those black worm bins heat up and cook the worms.
    Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Mr Sewing has binned the last threads of that ambition.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • After three weeks of strikes and demonstrations, Juppé had to bin his plan.
    Sylvain Cypel, The New York Review of Books, 17 Jan. 2020
  • No airplane has overhead bin space for each person to carry on a bag, Kress tells me.
    Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • On the one hand, there are people who don't like that the club are binning off the next potential big thing in the managerial game.
    SI.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • These are the use of illegally cheap labour, and waste from people wearing cheap clothes once or twice and then binning them.
    The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Alternatively, staff could go from bin to bin ahead of the collection truck.
    Ed Fletcher, sacbee, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Moments later, All Blacks prop Nepo Laulala was sin-binned for an arm tackle hitting the ball-carrier’s head.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • After Fiji flanker Semi Kunatani was sin-binned, Adams finished off a slick four-man passing move for 14-10.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • But Narkevic’s and Lorimer’s discovery nearly got binned.
    Katia Moskvitch, WIRED, 21 July 2019
  • According to an article from Fox 31 Denver, shoppers can find the recycle bins either in the baby section or near the front of the store.
    Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2017
  • The downside includes having to secure a second mortgage to obtain LPs that barely made it to the thrift-store dollar bins a decade earlier.
    Jim Allen, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
  • This is not the first time Saudi Arabia has been implicated in phone hacking—though the incident may provide the strongest link yet to bin Salman himself.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The concepts’ hood strakes, additional venting above the grille, and faux air cutouts below the taillights have been binned, while the pleasing full-width black panel on the tailgate appears to have been shortened, too.
    Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Both were charged with passing on information about dissidents to bin Salman’s government.
    Karl Vick, Time, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The interior is funkier, too, binning the previous slablike dash for a more three-dimensional design bisected by a wavelike trim piece.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 22 June 2017
  • Usually wearing the shirt of a club not considered a direct rival wouldn't be too big of an issue, but given Costa is actively pushing to move back to Atletico after being binned by the Blues, the antics seem to show exactly where his thoughts lie.
    SI.com, 20 July 2017
  • Additional features of the community garden added in the second season included stand-up plot areas that are accessible for anyone, a garden shed and a compost bins area.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Amazon binned a hiring algorithm that was persistently sexist, and Apple is being investigated over its new credit card, which offers women lower credit limits.
    The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • In sun, those black worm bins heat up and cook the worms.
    Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Mr Sewing has binned the last threads of that ambition.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • After three weeks of strikes and demonstrations, Juppé had to bin his plan.
    Sylvain Cypel, The New York Review of Books, 17 Jan. 2020
  • No airplane has overhead bin space for each person to carry on a bag, Kress tells me.
    Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • On the one hand, there are people who don't like that the club are binning off the next potential big thing in the managerial game.
    SI.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • These are the use of illegally cheap labour, and waste from people wearing cheap clothes once or twice and then binning them.
    The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Alternatively, staff could go from bin to bin ahead of the collection truck.
    Ed Fletcher, sacbee, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Moments later, All Blacks prop Nepo Laulala was sin-binned for an arm tackle hitting the ball-carrier’s head.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • After Fiji flanker Semi Kunatani was sin-binned, Adams finished off a slick four-man passing move for 14-10.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • But Narkevic’s and Lorimer’s discovery nearly got binned.
    Katia Moskvitch, WIRED, 21 July 2019
  • According to an article from Fox 31 Denver, shoppers can find the recycle bins either in the baby section or near the front of the store.
    Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2017

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