ash heap

Examples (10)

• Many obsolete technologies have been consigned to the ash heap of history.
• The dictator's dreams of empire ended up on the ash heap.
• After the fire, only a smoldering ash heap remained where the house had stood.
• He argued that the failed policy belongs on the ash heap of social experiments.
• The gardener moved the cooled ash heap to the compost area.
• Critics predicted the new ideology would soon join others on the ash heap of history.
• They found charred remains of letters in the ash heap behind the cabin.
• That outdated theory has long since been cast onto the ash heap.
• Wind blew gray dust from the large ash heap near the furnace.
• Some believe that capitalism will eventually end up on the ash heap of history.