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Synonyms: Noun
agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welter
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Examples of litter in a Sentence
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We decided to pick up the litter in the park. Her desk was covered with a litter of legal documents.Verb
Paper and popcorn littered the streets after the parade. a desk littered with old letters and bills It is illegal to litter. He had to pay a fine for littering.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
These trucks and pickups are often a major source of litter on our roads. — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, "Warrior fans who want to park near Chase Center — forget about it: Roadshow," 6 Sep. 2019 The lanes nearby were noticeably free of litter, and many of the houses freshly painted. — David Brown, Washington Post, "In Morocco, 44 hours of lingering in a small village leaves a big impression," 30 Aug. 2019 His story is told as a flashback starting when Denny first picks him out of a litter. — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "Here's how much I cried watching the new dog movie 'Art of Racing in the Rain'," 9 Aug. 2019 The zoo announced that Blakely, an Australian Shepherd, is helping the neonate staff care for a baby cheetah that was the lone survivor of a litter. — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, "Cincinnati Zoo's nursery dog Blakely comes out of retirement to care for cheetah cub," 2 Aug. 2019 Back from the Port Blair seafront, up a side alley paved with small rainbows of litter, is the Hotel Lalaji Bayview, a turquoise building where rooms with a bed, a fan, a shower, and clean sheets start at 800 rupees ($11.50). — Alex Perry, Outside Online, "The Last Days of John Allen Chau," 24 July 2019 The litter is being raised by the only two adult wolves in the Phoenix Zoo, Tazanna, the mother, and Tulio, the father, who are both 3 years old. — Andrew Nicla, azcentral, "Endangered Mexican gray wolf population boosted by 6 pups at Phoenix Zoo," 5 June 2019 If marine litter is your biggest concern, paper bags are better because paper degrades and doesn’t stick around for years. — Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, "Are cotton totes better for the Earth than plastic bags? It depends on what you care about," 12 May 2018 In March, the 17-year-old senior from Milpitas High School organized about 100 students to pick up litter at Pioneer Mobile Home Park. — Lauren Kim, The Mercury News, "How Teen Activists Respond to the World’s Largest Existential Crisis, Climate Change," 20 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Andy Dalton and the starting offense never really found a rhythm in three drives in large part because of the flags that littered the field. — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, "What we learned from the Cincinnati Bengals' 23-13 win over the Washington Redskins," 16 Aug. 2019 Her prognostication: The hoop-earring and multiple-piercing trends that litter social media will fade, setting the stage for the button’s return. — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, "Jackie Kennedy’s Favorite Earrings Are Back," 10 July 2019 But my first blush with this about Sandman came from a surprisingly geeky source: Soulseek, one of the many peer-to-peer file-sharing apps that littered the post-Napster landscape. —