How to Use scrap heap in a Sentence

scrap heap

noun
  • More like the scrap heap, as far as the Bruins were concerned.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Who might Sally have been in a world that didn’t throw her on the scrap heap at birth?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 June 2024
  • So is the diesel engine resigned to the scrap heap of history?
    — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Building a parts bin bike is like passing an electromagnet over a scrap heap.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The odds of finding someone from the scrap heap to lead your team have always been minimal.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 21 July 2021
  • Now, the diminutive snub-nosed SUV is headed to the scrap heap.
    — Mike Colias, wsj.com, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Scoot McNairy’s character is this man who feels part of the scrap heap.
    — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024
  • So just what does the next chapter look like for a book store retailer on the publishing scrap heap not so long ago?
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • If any of the four browsers throws an error, that sample URL goes on the scrap heap.
    — PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Trapping is not an archaic enterprise that is destined for the scrap heap.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Some tanks, however, are either poorly designed, poorly built, or should have headed to the scrap heap a long time ago.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Most had been donated by amateur collectors who were too intrigued to leave the fossils in the scrap heap.
    — Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024
  • The former president’s acumen for marketing and sales means the jet is likely not headed for the scrap heap.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Two years later, the Giants are contending with a roster full of guys Zaidi picked off the scrap heap.
    — Nick Lozito, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2021
  • This time, Philly won three out of four – and Atlanta joined the Mets as a 101-win team on the scrap heap.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The pandemic is reducing the fourth wall to rubble and carrying the pieces, one by one, to the scrap heap of history.
    — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The Lab is upcycling by taking on the scrap heap of luxe fibers and fabrics and turning them into high-end one-off creations.
    — Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Yet for a few years before those big numbers, he was essentially left for the NFL scrap heap.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The 31-year-old center was jobless this season until the Heat signed him off the free-agent scrap heap April 8.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • If removed, the Léopold statues would join others that have been relegated to the scrap heap during this moment of upheaval.
    — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 9 June 2020
  • Gausman and Hoffman, both cast to the scrap heap at different points in their careers, will play key roles in Toronto’s hopes for an upset.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Engineers eventually built a straighter, higher-speed option, and a poor resale market spared the original bridge from the scrap heap.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And their unlikely leader was Hicks, who had been plucked from the NFL scrap heap in 1979.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Now, a company in the UK has come up with an ingenious way to help people from around the world get over their exes by sending them straight to the scrap heap.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The ability to run Windows is what saved the MacBook from the scrap heap of computing history.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The response has been NFL teams continuously searching for kickers in the scrap heaps of other teams.
    — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2019
  • His company might claim around seven of them off the scrap heap and turn them into what might be described as a playground for golf shoppers and the Home Depot of golf.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Cubs fans loved to hate, was signed in May off the scrap heap and provided some power (19 home runs in 85 games) and veteran leadership.
    — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The Nationals picked the 25-year-old up off the scrap heap after spring training and now Mead is quietly in the middle of a breakout year.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
  • But within 10 or 15 years, recycling advocates say, the EVs being sold now will be headed for the scrap heap.
    — Merrill Goozner, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2021

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