How to Use matchbox in a Sentence

matchbox

noun

• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• This multitool is the size of a matchbox, but includes a bewildering array of hex bits, screwdrivers, and the like, including the all-necessary bottle opener.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 3 Aug. 2019
• The space is narrow and deep: 13 stools at a long bar under Tiffany-esque lamps, facing a wall of shoji screens, with Japanese matchboxes lined up precariously along its ledge.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 18 May 2017
• Severe drought during the winter is leading to matchbox conditions in the dry season, allowing intense wildfires to ignite with the slightest spark.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 May 2023

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2024