Etymology
Origin of shoebox
Example Sentences
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Lily runs into the living room and reappears a moment later holding a shoebox.
From Literature
It’s already quite hot inside my shoebox apartment as the radiators clank away, drowning out my upstairs neighbor’s heavy footsteps with their cacophonous symphony.
From Salon
Finally he found what he was looking for, inside a shoebox stacked with others in a corner of the closet.
From Literature
On the floor at the back, her flashlight found a stack of shoeboxes covered in glitter and bright paint.
From Literature
Her family said she started singing before she could talk and within a few years, she composed a song about a corncob doll that her proud mother transcribed and tucked into a shoebox for safekeeping.
From Salon
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