litter - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • strew: Finally we wish to thank Bob Everly, local beach warden, without whom Sand Bay would be litter strewn.
  • drop: Members of the public caught dropping litter will also continue to be hit with £ 50 fixed penalty notices.

Adjective modifier

  • unsightly: Remove unsightly litter on the way round the walk.

Modifies a noun

  • tray: Do not place the litter tray near the bed or food.
  • bin: There are hundreds of litter bins in the district.
  • picking: Planting, pruning, tidying litter picking, helping to put up notice board!
  • picker: Between times the litter pickers perform a valuable service in keeping things tidy.
  • lout: A series of patrols to clamp down on litter louts are already underway across North Lanarkshire in a bid to keep our areas Streetsmart.
  • pick: Litter pick in a various parts of the village.

Noun used with modifier

  • kitty: For larger amounts, mix in kitty litter or pour one-inch layers of paint in a cardboard box lined with a plastic bag.
  • leaf: Between bouts of feeding the older caterpillars rest at the bottom of the plant, often hiding in leaf litter.
  • gum: Polymer solution to chewing gum litter A university spin-off company is using polymers to solve the perennial problem of chewing gum litter.
  • bracken: Areas of grass and bracken litter can be treated in the same way.
  • cat: Posted by Clair on 29 November, 2005 at 12:12 PM Use earth or leaf mold litter instead of cat litter.
  • turkey: That leaves the top section on plot 5 where I spread leafmould and have piled turkey litter.

Preposition: of

  • kitten: We are currently waiting for our first litter of kittens to arrive!
  • puppy: Imagine any litter of puppies, be they retrievers, sheep dogs, guard dogs, racing dogs, whatever.
  • piglet: The parents are shown at either end of the photograph with their litter of piglets in between them.
  • pup: Also Breeders with litters of pups - send your puppy away with an informative puppy pack to include a book on your breed.

Preposition: with

  • corps: For, so I am told, all those plains and hills were littered only with the prostrate corpses of our loathsome enemies.

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