How to Use matchbox in a Sentence

matchbox

noun
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  • Bob crouched with a matchbox while Kate held the boys back.
    — Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Slack carried a small stash of matchbox cars to replace the lost toys.
    — Nathan Hodge, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2008
  • The kit is a little fob about the size of a matchbox that's branded with a Ring logo.
    — WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Those looking to start small can do so with a set of matchboxes from The Wing’s e-shop for $3 a pop.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2018
  • At 1:8 scale, this one is not going to fit inside a matchbox.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Houses were flattened and cars were picked up and tossed aside like matchbox toys.
    — Arika Herron, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Guards would give a small biscuit to any prisoner who could fill up a matchbox with dead flies.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • To me, the tissue box and matchbox holder are perfect homages to Antigua and all the memories this place holds for me, good and bad.
    — Juan Noguera, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Splashes of color throughout the upstairs dining room are made that much more vibrant by the matchbox size of the space.
    — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
  • In a closet back home are drawers full of old coins, earrings without a match and shoe boxes filled with matchbox cars.
    — James Steinbauer, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2017
  • This whistle packs in a signal mirror, compass, matchbox and fire-starter flint.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Before guests bid the evening adieu, everyone made sure to stash a Net-a-Porter x Le Dive matchbox in their back pocket or mini-bag.
    — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The original Pulse was actually not a band all, but a clip-on tracker the size of a matchbox that could be attached to a belt or pocket.
    — Dami Lee, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The five chunks of brown coal, each no bigger than a matchbox, add further evidence of the port’s antiquity.
    — J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Take the matchboxes at Flute, each of which is emblazoned with an image of Noel Sr doing magic tricks for his guests a full four decades ago.
    — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
  • For mine, that’s snacks and matchbox cars. Don’t corner someone for a long conversation, and this is doubly true if that someone is the host.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 4 July 2017
  • Inside the box, there is lip balm, a bath bomb, body spray, body butter, a healing stone, a matchbox, and a personalized message card.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Work at the local matchbox factory has all but disappeared, and with it the once-vibrant local cafés.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The balance is off, leaning toward the skinny matchbox skyscrapers reaching up from midtown, each vying for the record of tallest.
    — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Second place: a matchstick igniting by the friction surface of a matchbox.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023
  • One caller was a grandmother who was surprised to find out that her young grandson used the turkey cavity to store his matchbox cars.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Of course, there is an alternative to whipping up a holiday feast — and cleaning it all up — in your matchbox-size kitchen: takeout.
    — Kalina Newman, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Pairing it with an elegant matchbox from John Derian makes for the perfect gift.
    — Tanya Moskowitz, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2018
  • The narrow alleys and matchbox houses in his neighborhood of Kandahar City, in southern Afghanistan, were dark.
    — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The logo then gets woven into the fabric of a home through the design on doormats, staff uniforms, towels, robes, candles, and even matchboxes and stationery.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Since 1991, this rousing show has been winning awards and fans by making music with everything from matchboxes and Zippo lighters to push brooms and shopping carts.
    — Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The hundreds of facilities for the elderly in Oregon and the thousands in the country are potential matchboxes for all sorts of infections.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2020
  • If your room isn’t the size of a matchbox and can handle a larger fixture, go all in with a big chandelier or statement pendant to bring in not only a lot of light, but also impact to a seemingly drab room.
    — Marlen Komar, Curbed, 26 June 2018
  • In 2021, Polaroid introduced its tiniest and lightest camera yet, the Polaroid Go, which spits out mini square photos no bigger than a matchbox.
    — Emma Athena, Outside Online, 25 July 2021
  • In fact, the wear marks from fire-striking often cut across those flake scars at nearly a right angle, probably because the ridges create a rough, abrasive surface that produces more sparks, a little like the rough side of a matchbox.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 26 July 2018

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