bucket

Example Sentences

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He joins his friends under a tipping bucket, and — spoiler alert — realizes that he actually enjoys playing in water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Both sales were just a drop in the bucket.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Some Download festivals have been all about the sunscreen and bucket hats, while others have ended up being dubbed "Drownload" and "Brownload", for the amount of rain and ensuing mud.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Just 16% of respondents expressed a state of confidence about their money, a separate bucket that the survey categorizes as financially “fulfilled.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

If only I had set a bucket of dirt by my bed.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff