cardboard

Example Sentences

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In reality, my dad’s will was in a cardboard box next to the Christmas decorations.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

A cardboard box found in a collector's "ramshackle" collection of vintage films contained two episodes of Doctor Who that have not been viewed since airing in the 1960s.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Toddlers sat perched on adults’ shoulders, seniors wielded cardboard posters; he spotted his friend Sophie, then Nick — who ran into the road urging him on.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I print out the pictures I can find of her, and our family, make cardboard frames for them, and hang them in my room.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko