mailbox

Example Sentences

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We left a letter in her mailbox with our contact details, but she did not respond.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Make sure to see the envelope handstamped with the postmark instead of tossing the letter in the mailbox, O’Saben added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Now, Bores’s dad regularly receives negative fliers about him in his mailbox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

So mail that is never even transported from the post office to the mailbox is still “miscarried.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

That’s why I was so surprised when I reached out to push off the cool blue metal of the mailbox to see his hand there, too.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli