letterbox

Example Sentences

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Instead of posting the letter and Bible through the letterbox, the court heard the men instead left an unsigned note saying they would "be back".

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Previously the company only accepted parcels small enough to fit through a letterbox.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

The couple quickly found themselves £60,000 in debt, with bailiffs at the door and demands streaming through the letterbox.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

But when the then 24-year-old turned up at the flat on 2 October 1984, there was no answer and a "horrible smell" when he opened the letterbox.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

By a strange coincidence—or maybe not—he looks eerily like he does on YouTube, since his voluminous scarf and ski hat cover his face everywhere except the letterbox view from eyes to lower lip.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman