How to Use sanitation in a Sentence

sanitation

noun
Definition of sanitationnext
Synonyms for sanitationnext
  • Diseases can spread from poor sanitation.
  • That’s a plus, but the camp lacks proper shelter and sanitation, and food is scarce.
    — Time, 6 Oct. 2023
  • As sanitation workers, the women take home wages of around 250 rupees a day, per the BBC.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • That’s more than the city spends on sanitation, parks, and the fire department combined.
    — The Editors, National Review, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The Memphis sanitation strike was more than 50 years ago.
    — Kurtis Lee, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The city of Portage’s sanitation department could have a green fleet complete by 2028.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • He had been employed as a sanitation worker for five years.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The first line of a classic tune by The Stylistics is an ode to striking sanitation workers, and their reprise is a reminder, much like Bluey, that people make the world go round.
    — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Watch this little boy get the most thoughtful gift from his sanitation heroes.
    — Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • Memphis sanitation workers in those years used round 17-gallon plastic tubs to haul garbage from backyards to trucks on the street.
    — Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Overcrowding, lack of clean water and sanitation could lead to the spread of infections like cholera and dysentery, compounding on the plight of Gazans.
    — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The wheels had broken off one of their bags, so a local sanitation worker who had taken pity on them gave them a wheelbarrow.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
  • He was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of a sanitation worker during a traffic argument and served 12 years.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In late July, sanitation workers did a sweep through Corona Plaza, renowned for its lively food scene.
    — Susan Hartman Todd Heisler, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Cashin said a sanitation worker on to the truck spotted the woman in the hopper via the vehicle's video system, which has at least one camera trained inside the hopper.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The plant will be in operation seven days a week with six days of production and the seventh day reserved for sanitation.
    — Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The union of sanitation workers, Teamsters Local 831, has weighed in on city pilot programs like this one before.
    — Curbed, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The demonstrations have caused massive disruptions across France with garbage and sanitation services ceasing work in a show of protest.
    — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The sanitation strike happens in February 1968, so this is really just a matter of months.
    — Mark Braboy, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Haj-Hassan described in an interview Monday how doctors have seen children whose limbs have been blown off in the bombings, disease, and lack of sanitation amid the war.
    — ABC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • People are sleeping in the streets or makeshift encampments, with little to no food, water or sanitation, relief groups say.
    — Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • These are the essential tools to maintain sanitation and prevent burns while canning.
    — Jonathan Bender, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2023
  • They are badly needed, as well as some water and sanitation equipment.
    — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • What hasn’t happened is a significant increase in the infectious diseases, but the longer and longer this goes on, the worse and worse the water and sanitation, which is already horrific, and the shelter get.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Kate suggests building a shelf dedicated to catching chicken droppings, keeping the main floor of the coop clean and your sanitation duties a breeze.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
  • On top of all this, Parisians have seen their city’s streets strewn with tons of trash, after sanitation workers launched a labor action in solidarity.
    — Catherine Poisson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • County sanitation officials were still trying to quantify the amount of sewage that leaked into storm drains before the spill was contained.
    — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Conditions in the city are grim, with little access to running water or sanitation.
    — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Thousands of workers ranging from nurses and sanitation workers to UPS workers and Starbucks baristas walked off the job in recent months.
    — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Turning the clock back to the 1970s NYC sanitation strike with the city literally flooding with trash, the series explores the titular hitman hotel that served as a safe haven for the world’s elite assassins.
    — Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'sanitation.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: