7 examples of dispatch-box in sentences

And presently he saw Monk straighten up with a sizable steel dispatch-box in his hands, place this upon the desk, and unlock it with a key on his pocket ring.

Lanyard rose and stood over the desk, investigating the contents of the dispatch-box.

Meanwhile, let us consider the Bulgarian intentions as revealed by the captured dispatch-box of the General commanding the 3d Bulgarian Division, which contained documents likely to become historic.

A large dispatch-box stood beside Sir Stephen's plate.

He had brought a dispatch-box with him; he put it on the table and slowly unlocked it.

The dispatch-boxes which constantly circulate between Cabinet Ministers, carrying confidential matters, are carefully locked with special keys, said to date from the administration of Mr. Pitt; and the possession of these keys constitutes admission into what Lord Beaconsfield called "the circles of high initiation."

Mr. Gladstone, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, abolished this little perquisite, and the only token of office which an outgoing Minister can now take with him is his dispatch-box.

7 examples of  dispatch-box  in sentences