boxlike

Example Sentences

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Gehry contributed studios and additional structures that reflect the neighborhood’s industrial roots: corrugated metal siding, simple boxlike volumes and subtle geometric twists.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Typically, penalty-killing units employ a boxlike formation of two forwards up high to guard the point and two defensemen down low watching the dangerous areas in front of the net.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022

The boxlike exterior of this two-story, three-bay building is quite plain, but has a simple elegance.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2021

Of more paramount importance, though, is the boxlike area indicated by a trapezoidal drawing of a room, which is periodically projected both by itself and as a frame for other images.

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

Garlick was a hawker who sold clothing, and had a small boxlike house.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela