How to Use laundry list in a Sentence

laundry list

noun
  • She described a laundry list of goals for the city's schools.
  • He recited a laundry list of problems.
  • There is a laundry list of what-ifs.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • And that makes for quite a long laundry list of abstract shapes.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Still, the laundry list of what needs to be done is somewhat longer.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Zara has a laundry list of its own, ripping off brands high and low.
    — Chavie Lieber, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
  • But there is a laundry list of learnings of what’s not the best idea.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • The laundry list of things that had to be addressed with my surgery is quite long.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And the Keaton callback is just one of a laundry list of them.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
  • When it first got kicked off, there was a laundry list of song and who wanted to do what.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Once again, the show boasts a laundry list of top acting talent.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Your home inspector finds a laundry list of things wrong with the house.
    — Melissa Rolland, courant.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The rest of the page displays a laundry list of what these shields involve.
    — PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
  • These are just a few of the updates that are on the laundry list for both pieces of software.
    — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The new law is full of vague language with a laundry list of ideas teachers should not talk about.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 22 June 2021
  • This is just another item to add to our laundry list of demands.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The laundry list of promises Musk has failed to keep is striking.
    — Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Here is a laundry list of items in the bill that may not have received much attention.
    — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
  • There was no laundry list of things Trump wants Congress to do this year.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a laundry list of personal things.
    — Kevin Cassidy, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • All vital stuff, but still a laundry list of Trumpian talking points.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Adding more items to your never ending laundry list is enough to make anyone roll their eyes.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Adding more items to your never ending laundry list is enough to make anyone roll their eyes.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The city’s fireworks code reads like a laundry list of excessive fines.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Pistons have a laundry list of guys battered and bruised around this time of the year.
    — Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Cohen ends her life of Logue with a laundry list of lessons, some items bleached and clean, some still stained.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
  • There is a laundry list of lessons the Giants can learn from the Eagles.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The laundry list of racist and sexist violations goes on and on.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 July 2021
  • By design, the speech contains no soaring language, and is more of a laundry list.
    — Washington Post, 11 May 2021
  • What if there’s a new scenario that was not accounted for in the laundry list of if-then statements?
    — Dr. Augustine Fou, Forbes, 7 June 2021

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