boxlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxlike
Adjective
  • Get in on the trend in this subtly boxy shirt with allover tonal floral lace embroidery.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • Now rising on Scott Boulevard is a three-story, 42,000-square-foot office structure with boxy glass windows hugging a public plaza.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • The computers were blocky, the jeans were baggy, and the US military was sending Marines to Iraq to support weapons inspections.
    Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • According to reports from the Osservatorio Etneo, most of the lava flows have been small and cool enough to become blocky flows not too far from the crater area, but on at least three occasions since December 23, major lava flows have been produced.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2013
Adjective
  • With the rear seats folded, boot capacity expands from 24 cubic feet (678 L) to 62 cubic feet (1,758 L).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 July 2025
  • Boise officials urge safety precautions: No. 1 is life jackets The river, which figures to be busy as usual over the July 4 weekend, was flowing at about 860 cubic feet per second Thursday.
    Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • Once that happens, terahertz communications can significantly complement mmWave in indoor environments such as a hallway, meeting rooms, cubical offices, laboratories, and open areas.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2019
  • The were only a few objects and all had a single, cubical shape.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Bold and blockish, but soft around the edges.
    Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Stylistically, these bulky sculptures are like many in the show, whether large or small — solid, blockish, refined but not delicate.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Adjective
  • This place exists in autonomy, in relief, a dry, febrile land of cuboid houses and scrawled horizons.
    Maya Boyd, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The hefty hardback, which weighs nearly eight pounds, comprises 222 pages and more than 125 illustrations dedicated to LV’s iconic cuboid creations.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 July 2022
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“Boxlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxlike. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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