How to Use window box in a Sentence

window box

noun
  • The second phase would be a wrap around on the corner of the building, and the third phase would be the rest of the window boxes.
    Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 18 Sep. 2017
  • There’s a lot to love about this sleek, modern window box.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2022
  • Plant it at the front of sunny borders or in window boxes and planters.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 17 May 2023
  • Foliage was spilling out the sides and rear as if the truck were a huge, mobile window box, photos show.
    Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 25 June 2018
  • Start small by burying your scraps in your house plants and window boxes and work your way up from there.
    Audrey Bruno, SELF, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Get the starts growing in the ground, containers and window boxes.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2020
  • In the commons area, there are spirit window boxes for each class.
    Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Less is more with this white and green color palette for a winter window box.
    Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Sow a mix of seeds of lettuce, arugula and other savory greens in a pot or window box.
    Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2018
  • Two to 3 inches between starts is the rule in a window box or deck container.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2021
  • This window box planting uses green and white, with hints of yellow.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Eric writes: Earlier this year, a squirrel built a nest in my kitchen window box.
    Judge John Hodgman, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Curved wood brackets add cottage style to this simple white window box.
    Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 23 May 2022
  • Dress up something small like a storage shed with window boxes.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • The spicy sandwich is packaged in the eatery’s signature craft paper window box.
    Laura Furr Mericas, Chron, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The plants work well for edging beds, tucked between rocks, or in containers and window boxes.
    Jeanne Ambrose, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The window boxes and wall trim are painted in Rectory Red by Farrow & Ball.
    Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 26 July 2023
  • For anyone with garden beds, potted plants, or window boxes, a potting bench can save your back and your time.
    Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Move the garden to you by planting in containers or window boxes.
    oregonlive, 29 May 2023
  • Pop them into a clay pot or a fall window box by themselves or with other fall plants like flowering kale.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The problem is that our three window boxes are 24 inches long but only 5.5 inches deep.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2018
  • The traditional set of metal window box planters is suitable for most plants.
    Janece Maze, Country Living, 23 May 2022
  • Inside the museum, the window box is an update to Moore’s sunlit staircase.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • Use adhesive to secure the cutouts to 6-inch squares of patterned fabric, and insert the fabric squares into each window box.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
  • When designing window boxes or other hanging planters, keep the light colors toward the front and the dark colors toward the back.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
  • They are delivered in a window box package with a custom label.
    Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Shop for the best window box that will coordinate with your home without breaking your budget.
    Adrienne Jordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2021
  • New restaurants are blooming like geraniums in a window box.
    John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2021
  • At its heart is a musky, lush vanilla, like a Palermo window box bursting with fragrant plumeria.
    Heather Eddy, Bon Appétit, 15 June 2021
  • Beyond the new restaurant’s bronze central bar is an open kitchen lined with window boxes of oysters, mussels, shrimp and lobster waiting to be steamed and piled on icy plateaus.
    Laura Rysman, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017

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