How to Use sandbox in a Sentence

sandbox

noun
Definition of sandboxnext
  • This makes the sandbox in which the MCU now plays much bigger.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2021
  • To watch them is to see that any small square of space can be your sandbox.
    — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
  • His first trip to the Paris sandbox since 2015 was a success.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 28 June 2019
  • The sandbox game has sold over 200 million copies and is one of the best games ever made.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Who wouldn’t want to play in the Potterverse sandbox for a bit longer?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Anyone who comes here wants to play in that big sandbox.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Along with a long slide, the lower deck has a 15-square-foot sandbox that's plenty of fun.
    — Samantha De Leon, Chron, 15 Mar. 2021
  • That sandbox has at times seemed more like a boxing ring.
    — Maddie Hanna, Philly.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • This tiny sandbox is like a zen garden for adults, but more fun.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2020
  • In the field is a giant sandbox, a cornhole area and a tetherball pole.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
  • But the Riverside mom doesn’t mean a place with swing sets, sandboxes and slides.
    — Brittany Woolsey, Daily Pilot, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Of course if that is too much structure, users can always play in the ‘sandbox’.
    — Carolyn Graybeal, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2015
  • Just sit down over there in that sandbox by your piano.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 26 June 2018
  • And as much of the world closed down in 2020, creators and fans alike found even more space to play within that sandbox.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The chickens have since been fenced in the back, with a long run, and the sandbox now belongs entirely to them.
    — Allison Eckelkamp, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The new rules also say each kid in a sandbox must have his or her own shovel and pail.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • If your kid spills a cup of juice on it or buries it in the sandbox, Amazon will replace it for free.
    — Wired, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The tour was the first up-close look at the sinkhole site, which is like a big kid's sandbox with cranes, diggers and trucks of all sizes.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2017
  • The official rules for the sandbox scheme were published in the Thai Royal Gazette June 29.
    — Sumnima Lama, Quartz, 30 June 2021
  • There's even a massive sandbox and a charming playground where the younger kids can play.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Chase also likes to dig, so Lundy is building him a sandbox.
    — Linda Marx, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In between is a kind of parallel play, as in a sandbox.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2020
  • In the fifth room, smiling faces hover over the sandbox while kids create their own ocean floor.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2018
  • What are the travel restrictions for the Phuket sandbox?
    — Sumnima Lama, Quartz, 30 June 2021
  • Even after the strike — or strikes — and all this contraction, the sandbox is still going to be big.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • Which makes her new Netflix series a bit like playtime in the sandbox.
    — New York Times, 4 May 2018
  • How did the state's largest indoor sandbox get started?
    — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2024
  • All three of us were just so happy to play together in the sandbox of Spider-Man.
    — Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • There’s live music and theatrical shows, games and contests, plus a foam machine, a giant sandbox, and a wishing wall.
    — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Everybody has a little kid in the sandbox inside of them, wanting to be accepted.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 12 Aug. 2024

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