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
She lit it with a safety match and extinguished the match with a nervous flick of her arm.
From Earth Alert! by Neville, Kris
Frey caught it and flicked a safety match with his fingernail.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
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
After several ineffectual attempts to light this, he discovered it was a safety match.
From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
