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

The museum — somewhat boxlike with an LED display that gives it some sparkle at night — is situated in a symbolic spot that carries weight.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2019

Everyone’s favorite bar for bluegrass and roots music, the genre-bending, boxlike Station Inn sits genially amid the shiny high-rises of the Gulch, a little like an architectural Luddite — but that’s part of its charm.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2018

I saw a series of drawings of a boxlike contraption.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep