garbage truck
noun
US
: a truck used to take away garbage that people put outside their houses, buildings, etc., in bags or cans
Examples of garbage truck in a Sentence
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The twin baby boys were found dumped in a trash bin in an alley in Stickney, Ill., where a waste management worker spotted them in the front lift bucket of her garbage truck.
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Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
At 46% off, this garbage truck is the biggest toy discount on our list.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 7 May 2024
Jean Claude was not allowed to bite the man in the garbage truck.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 May 2024
These curtains also reduce noise by up to 30%, which can keep you asleep for longer, too (especially when the garbage truck rolls by at 5 a.m.).
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2024
Russo was injured and hospitalized after the crash, as was the garbage truck driver, Jamison.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
An orbital garbage truck is trying to get rid of space debris from 2009.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Arias, who co-owns the bar, said the initial boom sounded like a garbage truck dropping a dumpster on the ground.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
The drivers of the two passenger vehicles and the garbage truck were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the second tractor-trailer was not injured, Mitchell said.
—The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
At 46% off, this garbage truck is the biggest toy discount on our list.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 7 May 2024
Jean Claude was not allowed to bite the man in the garbage truck.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 May 2024
These curtains also reduce noise by up to 30%, which can keep you asleep for longer, too (especially when the garbage truck rolls by at 5 a.m.).
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2024
Russo was injured and hospitalized after the crash, as was the garbage truck driver, Jamison.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
An orbital garbage truck is trying to get rid of space debris from 2009.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Arias, who co-owns the bar, said the initial boom sounded like a garbage truck dropping a dumpster on the ground.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
The drivers of the two passenger vehicles and the garbage truck were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the second tractor-trailer was not injured, Mitchell said.
—The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
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