How to Use milk crate in a Sentence
milk crate
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Then, his father pulled a milk crate up to a hedge.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
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After picking up the milk crate and shaking out the contents, Wardlaw said, the man grabbed him.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026
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There’s a Santa Claus in a folding chair with a cardboard plank on two milk crates hustling tourists via three card monte.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
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Holliday then grabbed a milk crate out of the passenger side of the vehicle, which contained a small white dog.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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My office is six milk crates with a board on top of them in the corner of my kitchen, and this lady has a whole squat rack on her second floor with its own shower?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 June 2026
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Better yet, those dividers pull out and double as flat tops for the crate, turning it into a makeshift workstation or seat (without leaving the milk crate imprint on your skin afterward).
—New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
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Rock Tamers, an off-road accessory and recovery specialist, has developed what's arguably a better milk crate.
—New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
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Once bottles go into the washer, they are never touched by human hands until they have been filled and sealed, when they are taken off the line, placed into milk crates and stored in a refrigerated room, waiting to be put on a truck.
—Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
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And in a sunny Austin alley outfitted with makeshift milk crate tables, earlybird Texans sip chamomile-maize soda and revel in Mercado Sin Nombre’s dusky masa pancakes.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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View gallery - 14 images A handy multifunctional contraption for camping, 4x4ing and overlanding, the RT700 Traction Crate from Colorado's Rock Tamers looks simply at first to be a new milk crate design complete with flip-open lid.
—New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
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