dispatch box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It’s Rishi Sunak’s first time at the dispatch box since his party suffered heavy losses at the local elections last week.
From BBC • May 8, 2024
Stepping up to the dispatch box for the last time, Mr Johnson thanked his staff and MPs before giving a nod to Schwarzenegger's Terminator character.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2022
On Sunday, Buckingham Palace released a photo of the monarch sitting in front of her official red dispatch box with government papers spread out before her.
From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2022
And prior to the pandemic, the then Labour MP Tracy Brabin - who is now Mayor of West Yorkshire - attracted attention when her dress slipped off her shoulder at the dispatch box.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2021
It was such a receptacle as would be described, in England, as a "dispatch box."
From The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand by Hope, Laura Lee
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
