(1) In hot, dry summers every tree is a potential tinderbox .(2) food riots were a potential tinderbox in the city(3) dry winds and no rain have turned parts of the state into a tinderbox(4) the estate was a tinderbox where riots could explode at any moment(5) Everyone knew the stand was a bit of a tinderbox , but none actually thought it would go up.(6) Even so, an ongoing drought and millions of acres of dead, bark beetle infected trees have turned much of the west into a potential tinderbox .(7) I flicked open the tinderbox , struggled with the flint several times before getting a light, and held it up with a shaking hand.(8) Nearby Silas's cottage, they find a tinderbox, which makes a townsman recall that a peddler who'd come to town recently carried a tinderbox .(9) He placed three logs in it then took out a tinderbox .(10) She slipped her feet into her shoes then threw on a clean dress, not bothering to tie half of the laces, and around her waist she put on the old belt that had her pouch with the tinderbox in it.(11) Iron and flint I had in my brass tinderbox , and I knelt down by the rocky ledge and began to gather bits of bark.(12) dry winds and no rain have turned parts of the state into a tinderbox(13) While many experts agree that the national forests have become tinderboxes , there is strong disagreement even within the U.S. Forest Service on how to handle the issue.(14) And, a three-year drought has turned forests and swamps to tinderboxes .
