with a lid on

Example Sentences

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"But I've never done an arena with a lid on it like this one before."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

So what I did on the juice was, I bought a really nice glass pitcher with a lid on it.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024

Mr Johnstone, who started gardening in lockdown to help with his mental health, suggested using a water butt to collect rain water - best kept in the shade and with a lid on.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2022

Then a colleague observed that he was "not a baritone, but a tenor with a lid on."

From Time Magazine Archive

There were straight pipes, curved pipes, and even a pipe with a lid on it.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson