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354 example sentences for BOX, such as:
1. He took the top off the box.
2. There is a pencil in the box.
3. He used to box every weekend.
4. I used tape to tie up the box.
5. Inside the box was a gold watch.
2. There is a pencil in the box.
3. He used to box every weekend.
4. I used tape to tie up the box.
5. Inside the box was a gold watch.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BOX
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box
n. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
n. the driver's seat on a coach
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I have them," said Lestrade, producing a small white box; "I took them and the purse and the telegram, intending to have them put in a place of safety at the Police Station.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2 One half we return into the box for future purposes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3 Of the two pills in that box one was of the most deadly poison, and the other was entirely harmless.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4 Lestrade mounted the box, whipped up the horse, and brought us in a very short time to our destination.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
5 I was a fairly good dispenser, so I worked this alkaloid into small, soluble pills, and each pill I put in a box with a similar pill made without the poison.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
6 'But it was you who broke her innocent heart, I shrieked, thrusting the box before him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
7 At this moment the man on the box whipped up his horses and the van moved out of the yard at a smart trot.
8 And when she mounted the soap box in the centre, representing perhaps a rock in the ocean, her size made her appear gigantic.
9 For a moment she stood there, eminent, dominant, on the soap box with the blue and sailing clouds behind her.
10 Albert tittered, skipping round the soap box.
11 And the pilgrims who had continued their march and their chant in the background, now gathered round the figure of Eliza on her soap box as if to form the audience at a play.
12 Hands joined, heads knocking, they danced round the majestic figure of the Elizabethan age personified by Mrs. Clark, licensed to sell tobacco, on her soap box.
13 Great Eliza descended from her soap box.
14 A great box, draped in red baize festooned with heavy gold tassels had been moved into the middle of the stage.
15 They were setting another scene, round the red baize box.
Example Sentence: (144 in 10 pages)
1 Put a tick in the box if you agree with this statement.
2 One of the boys was pushing the other along in a little box on wheels.
3 Tickets are available from the box office.
4 He took the top off the box.
5 The little girl piled one paper box on top of the other.
6 A box has a top, a bottom and four sides.
7 Shaerl trudged toward them, hugging a large box.
8 Inside the box was a gold watch.
9 He used to box every weekend.
10 There is a pencil in the box.
11 Friction gradually caused the sliding box to slow down and stop.
12 I used tape to tie up the box.
13 The movie bombed out at the box office.
14 Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.
15 Repack all the superfluous cups in the box.