Example Sentences

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This makes them single-use trash in the same way that grocery bags and straws are, and releasing them into the environment is littering.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2023

America needs to rethink and reduce the way it generates plastics because so much of the material is littering the oceans and other waters, the National Academy of Sciences says in a new report.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021

So is littering our trees and bay indiscriminately with wispy plastic bags.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2017

Then Rebecca’s barely in her grave and that gadabout Maxim is littering the place up with some gold-digging floozy who thinks she can waltz right in and take over.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

Technically, flying paper airplanes from here is littering.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King