Example sentences for: leftover

How can you use “leftover” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Even if a whole day's production were contaminated and a small amount of leftover contaminated beef reworked into ensuing production, within days the E. coli (which is very slow-growing in a nonconducive environment such as chilled beef) would be so diluted that it wouldn't pose a threat to anyone.

  • The quagmire of ethical, legal, moral, and even aesthetic questions that surround the use (and misuse) of leftover body parts can only become more complex and contentious, not less.

  • Perhaps what is astonishing is the increasing distance, chiefly during the past century, that landlubbers have put between the sea and themselves: knowledge and awareness of such matters now rests largely among naval types, those yachtsmen who enjoy the leftover jargon of the sea, and a handful of eccentrics, like Jeans, a few others I could mention, and me.

  • It has its own share of galleries and leftover beatniks, but is decidedly more laid back.

  • In this case, the cost of oversupply comes to $80 = $200 – $120 because the retailer loses that much on every leftover dress.


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