Below you will find example sentences with "ballot boxes". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Ballot Boxes in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: boxes
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.6 words

Words in this phrase

ballot boxes

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • ballot can mean: A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means... Frequent word
  • boxes can mean: plural of box Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

192 000 ballot boxes set up 1× 2018 some ballot boxes recorded zero 1× after all ballot boxes were opened 1× at the ballot boxes 1× ballot boxes will close 1× carted away ballot boxes at the 1× faction stuff ballot boxes 1× in certain ballot boxes 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a steady stream 1× australians could be 1× ballot boxes will 1× big moment as 1× chude a staunch 1× did neither faction 1×

Common sentence endings:

ballot boxes themselves 1× be restricted indoors 1× certain ballot boxes 1× country and abroad 1× dapo abiodun voted 1× declaration of results 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

election 4× party 3× results 3× polling 3× officials 2× voters 2× rigging 2× thugs 2× votes 2× used 2× bosses 2× stuff 2×

Related phrases

ballot papers absentee ballot ballot paper mail ballot ballot box boxes containing

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

ballot box ballistic missiles ballistic missile ball super ball carrier baldur gate

Just after it in the phrase index:

ballot paper ballot papers bally sports baltimore city baltimore county baltimore orioles

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

ballot papers ballot paper ballot box

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "ballot boxes" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 192 000 ballot boxes set up, 2018 some ballot boxes recorded zero, election, party and results stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with ballot papers, absentee ballot and ballot paper, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with ballot boxes

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Did neither faction stuff ballot boxes? (6 words)

Ballot boxes will close at 8 p.m. (8 words)

Big moment as the first ballot boxes are brought to Aintree from the polling stations. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Chude, a staunch supporter of Labour Party’s Obi was said to have accused Soludo of being responsible for the rigging that allegedly took place during the house of assembly election in Anambra and claimed that thugs were stealing ballot boxes. (41 words)

One says Restriction of Movement allows for stuffing of ballot boxes as it is easy for the few allowed vehicles to be the ones to move in and switch boxes in remote parts whilst citizens would be restricted indoors. (39 words)

In Texas, Kennedy's vice presidential running mate Lyndon Johnson used a network of rural bosses to stuff ballot boxes; 1,000 miles to the north, mob bosses and crooked pols in Chicago were similarly rigging the results. (38 words)

Question examples

Did neither faction stuff ballot boxes? (6 words)

Example sentences (20)

One says Restriction of Movement allows for stuffing of ballot boxes as it is easy for the few allowed vehicles to be the ones to move in and switch boxes in remote parts whilst citizens would be restricted indoors.

It also indicted some of the officials for thumb-printing ballot papers for some of the voters and proceeding to drop these in the ballot boxes themselves.

Australians could be waiting up to 13 days to find out if the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament has succeeded at the ballot boxes.

Chude, a staunch supporter of Labour Party’s Obi was said to have accused Soludo of being responsible for the rigging that allegedly took place during the house of assembly election in Anambra and claimed that thugs were stealing ballot boxes.

In 2018, some ballot boxes recorded zero votes for the CHP, which suggested the party had no presence in these rooms on election day.

In Texas, Kennedy's vice presidential running mate Lyndon Johnson used a network of rural bosses to stuff ballot boxes; 1,000 miles to the north, mob bosses and crooked pols in Chicago were similarly rigging the results.

It was the party logo and name that was on the ballot boxes and not the name of the contestant.

Neither candidate achieved the required 50 per cent to take the presidency outright after all ballot boxes were opened, according to Turkey's Supreme Election Council.

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On May 8, 1966, he appeared at the Tomlinson High School athletic field in Kingstree and delivered his “March on the Ballot Boxes” speech, encouraging voter registration and participation.

The angry youths who were shooting sporadically alleged that a prominent politician in Ikwerre local government area carted away ballot boxes at the collation center to frustrate further declaration of results.

The thugs, it was gathered, stormed the polling booth and fire gun shots to scare voters away before snatching the ballot boxes from the polling booth not far from where Governor Dapo Abiodun voted.

With roughly 192,000 ballot boxes set up across Türkiye, more than 60 million people cast their votes in the country and abroad.

According to some videos posted on Telegram, some of of the people who vandalised the ballot boxes reportedly shouted pro-Ukrainian slogans.

A steady stream of ballot boxes is expected to arrive throughout the night, with results expected in the early hours of the morning.

Ballot boxes will close at 8 p.m.

Big moment as the first ballot boxes are brought to Aintree from the polling stations.

Did neither faction stuff ballot boxes?

Election officials carrying ballot boxes to a counting center on Saturday in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Moreover, the YRP sought to renew elections in Kahramanmaraş's Onikişubat district, alleging security lapses in certain ballot boxes.

Olalekan, who spoke at Ward 01, unit 10, Ikare-Akoko, said: “There was no case of snatching of ballot boxes like we used to experience in previous elections.

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