How to Use box in in a Sentence

box in

phrasal verb

• And so although this is a love story, the love is not boxed in.
  — Shayeza Walid, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
• The crowd of art lovers sips sake out of square wood boxes in keeping with the night’s theme.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• This could be in a closet or under a box in a dark room.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• An adornment built of rags, a corruption, a tin box in the craw of a doll.
  — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• My goal was to get out faster, but I got boxed in at the dog loop and couldn’t recover.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
• Djokovic strode calmly to a towel box in a corner to wipe off.
  — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• The ground coffee comes in 12-ounce bags, while the K-cups are available in 12-count boxes in packs of three or six.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
• This, in many ways, is Ms. Hall in a nutshell: unwilling to be boxed in, an artist at heart.
  — Thessaly La Force, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The officer who chased Smith used his patrol car to box in the Honda.
  — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2023
• And his diploma from Coral Park High School, which his daughter keeps in a box in her closet.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
• Here's how to do it: Stand with a ball (medicine, soccer, or rubber playground ball) or a low box in front of you.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
• The winds were expected to ease somewhat overnight and fire crews would attempt to box in the blaze, LaRusso said.
  — CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Pale and gaunt, and with their heads shaved, they were seen behind the plate glass of the defendants’ box in a Russian courtroom.
  — Oleksandr Chubko, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• The newest set of parents, Juliet and Albert, laid eggs at the new nest box in early April of this year.
  — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
• Was that a good look for the former president to have boxes in a bathroom? REP.
  — ABC News, 18 June 2023
• Paul Salo: There's a .40 caliber gun box in that drawer.
  — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
• Sitting next to the press box in those days was Campanella, in his wheelchair, taking in each game.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• They were addressed to a post office box in Burlington, Kentucky.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
• In June, boxes stored in the Lake Room were moved into the storage room, bringing the total number of boxes in that room to more than 80.
  — Mika Gröndahl, New York Times, 9 June 2023
• To find ballot drop boxes in your area, check your county recorder's website.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
• If backup arrives, perhaps that patrol car could only be used to box in the suspect’s car.
  — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
• Everyone is boxed in except the developers themselves, for whom the sky (as of right) is the limit.
  — Curbed, 1 Aug. 2023
• At Lake Champlain Chocolates, the owners take shifts stacking boxes in the warehouse.
  — Jeanna Smialek Hilary Swift, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Officers found a Toyota pickup had lost control and struck a wooden flower box in the grass area in the middle of the boulevard.
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• The resort also limits product waste by keeping a grab-as-you-need amenity box in the lobby in lieu of in-room toiletries.
  — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2024
• For instance, a rash of thefts from blue collection boxes in Milwaukee led to the break up last month of a criminal ring.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 June 2023
• Apollo, a humanoid robot, carries a box in a warehouse.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Stack Items for Varied Heights Create height and layer objects by stacking them, like the black and gold boxes in this sleek living room.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Tuck the entire box in a larger Easter basket, or gift it itself as a party favor.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
• Back in the day, most Americans got their pizza from either a cardboard box in the frozen-food aisle or a cardboard box delivered to their front door.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024