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.
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The victim found the mailbox in two pieces on the ground.
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Bob Sandrick,
cleveland,
23 Dec. 2022
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That’s where the plan to have a mailbox on every street comes in.
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Riazat Butt,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 July 2024
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Not at the mailbox, not at the neighbors, not at the nearby park.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2024
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But this time the strange things in your inbox or mailbox are not part of a scam.
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Sean McDonnell,
cleveland,
15 Aug. 2023
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Death threats poured in, and the feds advised her not to stand too close to her mailbox.
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Los Angeles Times,
9 Aug. 2021
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That song sat in Jack Antonoff’s mailbox for nine months.
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Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2024
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Police went to the residence and found the bent mailbox on the ground.
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cleveland,
6 Aug. 2022
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There is a mailbox in front of the garage for donations.
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cleveland,
3 Dec. 2022
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Our mailbox was affixed to the house, right beside the door.
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Teri Sforza,
Orange County Register,
24 June 2024
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With a rubber sole, these are also fit for a jaunt to the mailbox.
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Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2023
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In the coming days, Morean found checks in their mailbox and red hair dye in the trash.
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Charles Bethea,
The New Yorker,
3 July 2024
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The plastic mailbox got banged up with a dent on the top and that was the extent of her damage.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2021
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After the shooting, a bullet was even found lodged in a mailbox across the street from the home.
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Fox News,
29 Oct. 2021
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The mailbox was empty and appeared to have been pried open.
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cleveland,
31 Dec. 2021
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Be sure to leave enough room for your mail person to reach your mailbox.
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Mariyam Muhammad,
The Enquirer,
19 Dec. 2024
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Cathy Koo, who lives across the street from the park, said the original mailbox in front of her house can be seen in the movie.
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Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2022
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To my neighbor who decided to go out to the mailbox in the buff, put some clothes on!
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Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2024
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And there was a mailbox someone had ordered and put up.
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Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2024
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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.
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Kat De Naoum,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 June 2023
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In 2006, his parents received a death threat and found a noose in their mailbox.
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New York Times,
10 Oct. 2021
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Due to the length of the van and the fact that there was a mailbox directly in front of it, traffic was unable to pass.
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John Benson,
cleveland,
16 Feb. 2022
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One car is forced onto to the shoulder of the road, crashing into a stack of tires and a mailbox.
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2024
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Mail checks or gift cards at the post office or a drop box rather than putting them in your home mailbox.
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Larry Light,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2023
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On August 7, the father, then aged 71, left the home with Margo to check the mailbox down the street, or so his son thought.
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Rachel Clarke,
CNN,
6 Sep. 2024
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But plenty of crooks just swipe checks right from your mailbox.
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Kim Komando,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2024
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Two bags of small-batch, craft jerky will arrive in dad’s mailbox each month.
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cleveland,
15 June 2022
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The car then crashed into a concrete mailbox post, LaDieu said.
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Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2023
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Programs looked like Christmas cards and were held in a green mailbox.
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Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
16 Dec. 2024
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