safety match
Example Sentences
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She struck a safety match, and flames roared 20 feet into the air, until only her two out stretched hands were visible.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another fault of the safety match is its small size; it is apt to be entirely consumed before the fire can be started.
From Woodcraft by E. H. (Elmer Harry) Kreps
It was a night wherein a hundred searchlights and a million star-flares would not have made more impression on the density of the fog than would the striking of a safety match.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
"Bless my safety match, Tom!" cried the old man.
From Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
It was a safety match, so nothing happened.
From Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle
