safety match
Example Sentences
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She struck a safety match, and flames roared 20 feet into the air, until only her two out stretched hands were visible.
From Time Magazine Archive
The so-called safety match of the present time was invented in the year 1855.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
Frey caught it and flicked a safety match with his fingernail.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
It was a night wherein a hundred searchlights and a million star-flares would not have made more impression on the density of the fog than would the striking of a safety match.
From Bruce by Terhune, Albert Payson
It may be interesting to know that a large match emits about as much light as a burning candle and a so-called safety match about one third as much.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
