Explore Tinderbox through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like situation or box. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tinderbox in a sentence
Tinderbox meaning
- A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
- A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
- A potentially dangerous situation.
Using Tinderbox
- The main meaning on this page is: A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire. | A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire. | A potentially dangerous situation.
- Useful related words include: situation, box.
- In the example corpus, tinderbox often appears in combinations such as: is tinderbox, the tinderbox, tinderbox was.
Context around Tinderbox
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tinderbox
- In this selection, "tinderbox" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, created, sfn, dry, waiting and political stand out and add context to how "tinderbox" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include easily the tinderbox of race and feeds the tinderbox was ready. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tinderbox" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tinderbox
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The geopolitical seismic shift is a tinderbox that could blow up international relations. (13 words)
In “Watchmen” the community of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the world by extension, is a tinderbox. (15 words)
Ramaphosa said the incident showed “just how easily the tinderbox of race hatred can be ignited”. (16 words)
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: "We've been seeing a long, dry spell with high temperatures so the grass in London is tinderbox dry and the smallest of sparks can start a blaze which could cause devastation. (38 words)
The hot, dry continent of Australia has long experienced bushfires, but scientists say climate change is exacerbating extreme weather conditions, including a prolonged drought in the country’s east that has created tinderbox-like conditions. (35 words)
The group finished the song " Cities in Dust " before the album, so they rushed its release as a single prior to their longest tour of the UK.sfn Tinderbox was finally released in April 1986. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: "We've been seeing a long, dry spell with high temperatures so the grass in London is tinderbox dry and the smallest of sparks can start a blaze which could cause devastation.
By the time outrage and despair over Mr. Floyd’s death filled our feeds, the tinderbox was ready to explode.
I knew intellectually that this fire season was unprecedented and that the drier, hotter weather meant the country was a tinderbox waiting to burn.
Ramaphosa said the incident showed “just how easily the tinderbox of race hatred can be ignited”.
The sixth factor includes anything that could trigger atrocity crimes in today’s tinderbox political climate.
In “Watchmen” the community of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the world by extension, is a tinderbox.
The geopolitical seismic shift is a tinderbox that could blow up international relations.
The hot, dry continent of Australia has long experienced bushfires, but scientists say climate change is exacerbating extreme weather conditions, including a prolonged drought in the country’s east that has created tinderbox-like conditions.
The joker in the pack is the geo-political situation in West Asia that remains a tinderbox.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the United States is selling arms into the Middle East which were beyond the region’s needs, turning it into a “tinderbox”.
Perenco’s strategy is dangerous in the tinderbox of Casanare’s dirty war, says British solicitor Sue Willman, who has brought legal actions against oil companies operating in Colombia.
A Mattel-licensed product for the rest of the world was released by Tinderbox Games in 2006.
The group finished the song " Cities in Dust " before the album, so they rushed its release as a single prior to their longest tour of the UK.sfn Tinderbox was finally released in April 1986.
Common combinations with tinderbox
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is tinderbox 3×
- the tinderbox 3×
- tinderbox was 2×
- tinderbox of 2×