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
Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
“Have sent,” said his entertainer briefly, as he filled a pipe from the open tobacco box and struck a safety match.
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles
Presently a light was struck: Burnet remembered as an incongruous detail in such a spot that it was a safety match; and a small lantern was lit.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
Another fault of the safety match is its small size; it is apt to be entirely consumed before the fire can be started.
From Woodcraft by Kreps, E. H. (Elmer Harry)
