crate

Example Sentences

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In the stone cellar we uncover blankets, crates of champagne, tins of French pâté, and a folder of glossy photographs of a woman called Gloria Swanson.

From Literature

Tucking into the shady doorway next to Pinkerton’s, I perched myself on an empty wooden crate to have a read.

From Literature

They have a long stick with a wire loop at the end and a crate.

From Literature

In contrast, David renders with trompe l’oeil precision the wood grain of the cheap crate that Marat was using as a table beside his tub.

From The Wall Street Journal

By 1913, Mrs Graham's father's farm would instead slaughter and rough-pluck the birds, putting them on trains in wicker crates to arrive in London a week later.

From BBC