How to Use box in a Sentence

box

1 of 2 noun

• There was a big box like a treasure chest in one of the rooms.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
• One piece of a limb sat in a cardboard box on the front steps.
  — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• There is a manmade lake to store the course’s water near the 18th tee box.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
• The Kia veered to the right, drove over the sidewalk and struck an electrical box.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• Pop them in a box with a warm source and seek help from your local vets.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• Hallberg remained on but moved to the first base coach’s box.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• Carlos Vela's kick bounced out to Kellyn Acosta on the fringes of the 18-yard box.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• In a small shoe box under my basement stairs sits a map of my life.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
• This set of four soaps comes uniquely wrapped in a pretty box to fit the chocolate theme.
  — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• Just be sure to click the coupon box before heading to checkout to secure the under-$25 sale price.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 25 June 2023
• Then Willis, in a surprise move, strode into the courtroom and sat down in the witness box.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
• Resellers offered the Rallies on eBay for as much as $30 per box.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• Build a custom box of nine, 12, or 24 items from the à la carte menu, and get ready to sip and savor your meals in moments.
  — Marisa Olsen, Parents, 14 Aug. 2023
• Clark’s wife, Carrie, said Galena loves to play in boxes, hide and hunt.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
• Two huge, long boxes arrived at my door from the studio.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
• There was a photo of you in Tampa Bay standing in the batter’s box five hours before the game.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 16 June 2023
• Board & You plans to make more than 7,000 charcuterie boxes of varying sizes for the event.
  — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2024
• This petite iron is a reminder that sometimes the best things come in small boxes.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 July 2023
• Cast iron fire alarm boxes were common sights throughout the city.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2023
• What to Consider: The toe box can feel snug, and a half-size up might work better for some hikers.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
• The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• The set packs into a cardboard box with a plastic handle.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
• As the camera panned over jars and bags of candy the model walked over to a box filled with Barbie dolls and lifted one out.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• Well, for starters, the everything shower ticks off every box on your self-care to-do list.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2023
• Snyder said there’s a potential big box store that would anchor the project, but didn’t give specifics.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• A little star icon on the side of the text box offers prompts for the AI to help brainstorm ideas, form outlines, or just spitball blog posts.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 3 May 2024
• Amazon Day Overwhelmed by the sheer number of boxes at your door?
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 9 July 2023
• Both of Drew’s technicals were for straying outside the coaching box — one time in the first half, the other with 11:30 left.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• And while Swift sharing a box with Kelce’s mom may have broken the internet, the All-Pro tight end’s pregame fit got its share of clicks, too.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2023
• Her wife hands her a black leather box, which, indeed, does look like it could be filled with Oscar-night jewels.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024

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box

2 of 2 verb

• To get to the Aloha State, Barnes had to box up his bike for the plane ride.
  — Fox News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Hart clanked the free throw off the front of the rim, but no Musketeer boxed out the shooter.
  — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024
• An old-timer from the van, Ray Insalaco, came in to help box up the desks.
  — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• In some cases, the crooks even ask you to box up cash and mail it to them to fix a problem.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2022
• But the sedans overtook the van, boxing it in and jamming on their brakes.
  — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
• There are plenty of brands on the market, from boxed to bottled to canned to bagged — yes, bagged.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• And the sad part is the people who need it the most are often boxed out of those funding methods.
  — Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• His ability to box out and get the rebound helped start fastbreaks that led to 26 points.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• Jim Gray: There didn't appear to be anything boxed up or packaged up to go.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
• Some retailers give you the option to print a label at home and box up the item yourself.
  — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
• For instance, in a scene from the biopic, the bomb’s been boxed up and is being transported for the government.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• Mike Tyson is stepping back in the ring to box Jake Paul in a live special on Netflix this summer.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• There was no reason for the Ducks and Huskies, in particular, to box themselves in.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Shaun Murphy yells at his chief of surgery, who had boxed him out of helping with a procedure.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• Yew hedging and boxed topiary line the site, next to mixed floral beds and roses.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
• With their vehicles, the agents boxed him in between an auto parts store and Sonic Drive-In.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
• Nonetheless, Martin, Haley and Hemphill pulled their squad cars up to Nichols’ car while he was stopped at a red light and boxed him in.
  — Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2023
• What every player should do is always box out, make sure that their guy or somebody who’s close to them doesn’t get the ball.
  — Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• Guard rebounding like that is nice to have, but the Huskers don't appear to have the bodies to box out both Jackson-Davis and Thompson at the same time.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2022
• Even more than boxing between these two, the film explores facing one’s past.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• Some arrive on Monday to box up dry goods; others show up on Friday when the clothes closet is open.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2021
• Tamron has done things like crushed double Dutch and boxed with Creed 3 star Jonathan Majors on camera.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
• Think salad greens, green beans, or boxed vegetables covered in a cheesy sauce.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
• Members do not box with one another; the only thing that gets hit are punching bags.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 23 Feb. 2022
• Most are destined to lose, though the GOP hopes some will box Democrats into votes that would create campaign-ad fodder.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2022
• Difficult to box out (a quality from her wrestling days).
  — Pat Graham, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Jan. 2023
• Ideally, things like clothes would be removed from closets and then remaining items could be boxed and stored in the garage.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Mühl fell to the ground while trying to box out a Princeton player, taking an elbow to head and falling hard, hitting her head on the court.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2022
• The team approach to rebounding, boxing out, getting the 50-50 balls, has been offsetting the lack of size on the boards during the Huskies’ winning streak.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
• Talented Black artists are far too often pigeonholed, boxed into a genre and identity that at times seems immovable.
  — Shannon J. Effinger, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024