Examples of letter box in a Sentence
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After agreeing to a plea deal, prosecutors dismissed two additional charges of using an explosive to commit a felony and destruction of a letter box.
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
An old woman, pulling a wheelie shopper, stopped at a letter box.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The woman was trying to push a brown package into the letter box, her white hair tossing wildly in the wind.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
And so, many of the early patents for electrical indicators for letter boxes tried to replace or augment the postman’s knock.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
During the 1870s and ’80s, inventors filed more than a dozen patent applications in the United States for electrical improvements to letter boxes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
Vornado has saved a few items, including a bronze letter box and some decorative elements from the Café Rouge area.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
The letter box dates to the same period as your globe.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 30 June 2022
Value would be $45 for the globe and $85 for the letter box.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 30 June 2022
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
An old woman, pulling a wheelie shopper, stopped at a letter box.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The woman was trying to push a brown package into the letter box, her white hair tossing wildly in the wind.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
And so, many of the early patents for electrical indicators for letter boxes tried to replace or augment the postman’s knock.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
During the 1870s and ’80s, inventors filed more than a dozen patent applications in the United States for electrical improvements to letter boxes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
Vornado has saved a few items, including a bronze letter box and some decorative elements from the Café Rouge area.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
The letter box dates to the same period as your globe.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 30 June 2022
Value would be $45 for the globe and $85 for the letter box.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 30 June 2022
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“Letter box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letter%20box. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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