How to Use mailbox in a Sentence

mailbox

noun
  • On the way to work, I dropped my letters in the corner mailbox.
  • She checked her mailbox daily, hoping for a letter from her son.
  • The victim found the mailbox in two pieces on the ground.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • But this time the strange things in your inbox or mailbox are not part of a scam.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • That song sat in Jack Antonoff’s mailbox for nine months.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There is a mailbox in front of the garage for donations.
    cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
  • With a rubber sole, these are also fit for a jaunt to the mailbox.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And there was a mailbox someone had ordered and put up.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The only area that the mower had difficulty with was close to the base of the mailbox and some of the grass that was close to the curb.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
  • One car is forced onto to the shoulder of the road, crashing into a stack of tires and a mailbox.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Mail checks or gift cards at the post office or a drop box rather than putting them in your home mailbox.
    Larry Light, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The car then crashed into a concrete mailbox post, LaDieu said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
  • The church voice mailbox was full, and the phone number doesn’t accept text messages.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Fresno has seen five bombings of four cars and a mailbox since Dec. 22.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The black mailbox at the entrance to the kennels was covered in pollen and spiderwebs.
    Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • So the, the Cleveland Heights mailboxes were roped off for a couple of years because of this.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • At that rate, the service is on track for a 30 percent increase in mailbox thefts.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Don’t forget to bring your letter for Santa and drop it off in the special mailbox to the North Pole.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022
  • And that was before the killer gas bills began landing in Hult’s mailbox.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Last week this guy in a Spiderman costume perched on the mailbox for, like, three hours.
    Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At the time, there was some damage to the mailbox, but Knowles decided to not press charges or file a report.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 10 July 2023
  • But Take Note: The water table has only one drain plug, and the mailbox is lacking a back.
    Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The security box where the agents had kept a key was broken open, and a new mailbox had been placed out front.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The car damaged a mailbox, a sign and several lights in the yard in front of The Word Barn, according to police.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • That deep green is the color of our forests, our mailboxes, our passports.
    Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 28 Nov. 2023
  • One of the caller’s neighbors had his entire mailbox stolen.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • In the future, getting a flu shot might be as easy as opening the mailbox and slapping a skin patch on your arm.
    Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Once the snow piles are gone, check to make sure your mailbox is upright, sturdy, and the door can open and close easily.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The mailbox bulged with funny T-shirts and handwritten cards.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Both were tired of the fliers in their mailboxes and the barrage of attack ads on television.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024

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