throwing away

NOUN
  1. getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
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How To Use throwing away In A Sentence

  • We can't carry on as we are, throwing away huge quantities of recyclable waste every year.
  • Fed up of the amount of junkmail we were not reading and simply throwing away into the paperbank, we simply put a note on the door, asking for no more unaddressed mail and advertising to be delivered.
  • Just eight per cent of households throwing away full card numbers had made attempts to destroy them.
  • Families are throwing away 700 worth of food a year on average and the amount wasted has increased after years of decline. Times, Sunday Times
  • Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation.
  • Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation.
  • Throwing away an advantageous position. Times, Sunday Times
  • Throwing away a watch case isn't an obstruction of an official investigation because it isn't relevant.
  • Claire served the chili, which tasted like the old joke about throwing away the beans and eating the can. DOLL'S EYES
  • Throwing away an advantageous position. Times, Sunday Times
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