cardboard

Example Sentences

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In reality, my dad’s will was in a cardboard box next to the Christmas decorations.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

One of her mother’s dogs had recently had puppies, which were in a cardboard box near the front door, the release said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

The room was so small, they had to take turns if they wanted to lie down, and placed a piece of cardboard over a sewer hole as a makeshift mattress.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It was close and airless in the church before the female mourners got their cardboard fans going.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck