boxlike

Example Sentences

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Gehry contributed studios and additional structures that reflect the neighborhood’s industrial roots: corrugated metal siding, simple boxlike volumes and subtle geometric twists.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Typically, penalty-killing units employ a boxlike formation of two forwards up high to guard the point and two defensemen down low watching the dangerous areas in front of the net.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022

Renderings suggest a minimalist, boxlike form, approached via a winding path surrounded by grass, bushes and trees.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021

Of more paramount importance, though, is the boxlike area indicated by a trapezoidal drawing of a room, which is periodically projected both by itself and as a frame for other images.

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

The little boxlike houses seemed so drab to me that I even felt sorry for the demons who lived in them, for they lived like prisoners without knowing they were in a prison.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep