Sentence examples for like detritus from inspiring English sources

In Sherpur's shadow, as I sloshed through the streets of the other Kabul, past refugees in muddy tents and a woman left like detritus on the road, quivering, I wondered how Afghanistan's warlords, steeped in the jihadi tradition of intimidation, could ever bring peace, or economic hope, to the Afghan people.

I release a little more air from my BCD and exhale slowly, allowing my body to drift like detritus down the vent.

Bloated lumps of meat and tongue are packed in solution-like detritus from a carnie show.

Almost nothing here needs to be plugged in, and nearly all of it looks on first glance like junk or detritus.

Maybe I'll realize that I was not made in God's image but am, in reality, a golem-like homunculus of detritus and disease, worthy of no love or attention.

Trunks and unidentifiable stuff piled high, like the detritus from a shipwreck.

Now much of the city looks like the detritus of an ancient ruin.

In the empty lot, the heels looked stubby and sad, like the detritus of some failed party.

So I'm standing in the aisle thinking about this pillow, which in my hands feels like the detritus of a bygone era.

The children are later found "in the road, on our lawn, across our back steps, like the detritus of some explosion".

It looks like the detritus of a carnival or a mutant biological form that has vomited out the entire colour spectrum.