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
THE safety match that resists all other friction needs only the touch of its peculiar mate to break into flame.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
She lit it with a safety match and extinguished the match with a nervous flick of her arm.
From Earth Alert! by Kris Neville
For these reasons the introduction of the so-called safety match was an important event.
From General Science by Bertha M. Clark
Next, he struck a safety match, softly, against the side of the match-box, and lighted his pipe, drawing in great whiffs.
From The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep by Victor G. Durham
