handbasket
Americannoun
idioms
Etymology
Origin of handbasket
Example Sentences
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Its bestselling handbasket tote requires a larger protective box to preserve its structured wicker shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
“Givers of Death” belongs to a fascinating subgenre: The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, so what do you hold on to?
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022
“If you lead a campaign that says the city is going to hell in a handbasket, and everything is awful in Los Angeles, then that just builds on the despair and the fear,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022
"There's a sense that everything going to hell in a handbasket, when it really isn't" she told Fox News.
From Fox News • Dec. 23, 2021
"Rome was always going to Hell in a handbasket, and finally it—" He paused.
From Occasion for Disaster by Garrett, Randall
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