How to Use carton in a Sentence

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  • She got a carton of ice cream out of the freezer.
  • He bought a carton of cigarettes.
  • Several cartons of books arrived yesterday.
  • But much of it would be at home in a white carton at less than half the cost.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Peeping at the date printed on the side of the carton is one clue to the mystery.
    Susan Choung, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
  • The man carried two beers and a carton of Newports to the front counter.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The male grabbed a carton of Marlboro Light 100s and ran away.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 June 2022
  • This carton comes with half a dozen sponges that are made to look like eggs.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Buh-bye $8 for a dozen cold, white ones in squeaky foam cartons.
    Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Buh-bye, $8-for-a-dozen cold white ones in squeaky foam cartons.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
  • That’s a sharp fall from $5.46 per carton just six months ago.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • The books were shipped to the Supreme Court, scores of cartons at a time, to be signed by Sotomayor.
    Brian Slodysko and Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
  • The lot number is found on a sticker on the side of the product carton.
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • If a carton's sell-by date has passed, a store should be pulling it from shelves.
    Susan Choung, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
  • The male walked up to the drive-through window and asked for the price for a carton of cigarettes.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 June 2022
  • Right next to the bottle is a carton containing the same amount of milk for $4.20.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2023
  • An egg carton helps protect the eggs from odors and keeps them fresh longer.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Remove the eggs from the carton and choose a spot to display these beauties.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Dollar Tree used to sell cartons of eight or six eggs for $1.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Grab a carton of eggs and hard-boil most of them, leaving a couple raw.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The experimenter then opened a new carton of juice and poured a bit into the two cups.
    New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Adults can learn this at home, of course, by opening that milk carton and daring to sniff deeply.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Social media is filled with memes about how pricey a carton now costs in 2023.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The folks who put the milk back in the refrigerator even though there’s only five drops left in the carton.
    Casey L. Moore, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Neither does a case of beer and a carton of cigarettes.
    Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Its carton was adorned in red, yellow and green - Pan-African colors.
    Samantha Chery, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2022
  • Dairy companies have leaned into that aesthetic, featuring barns, fields, and words such as pure on milk cartons.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene have been widely shared and known.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The cheapest carton of eggs was just 2 cents less than compared to 2024.
    Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This is a play on a carton of a dozen eggs.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026

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