pillbox

Example Sentences

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Apparently nostalgic for the Champagne, pillbox hats and soft-lit glamour that supposedly characterized the skies in the 1950s and ’60s, U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

The women would often wear these extravagant, floral hats or don a more subtle pillbox style.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Niels Thomas, of National Coastwatch Institution Cromer, said: "The recent stormy seas have effectively jet-washed the pillbox and removed the sand."

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

Unthinkable as it seems, Edna was dowdy then, given to mousy brown hair and pillbox hats.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

That had been weeks before, and now the pillbox was under way, no longer an idea in the backyard but a reality in the dining room.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli