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
He struck a safety match and held it to the leg of the table.
From Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen
The outside cover of a small safety match box is given to the first man on each team.
From School, Church, and Home Games by Draper, George Orrin
He lingered for a moment behind the protection of that angle of rock wall, struck a safety match, and held the tiny flame down close against the face of his pocket compass.
From Beth Norvell A Romance of the West by Parrish, Randall
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 Terhune, Albert Payson
