The exact thing that crossed his mind as he did so was that he had now a new box of wax vestas in his pocket.
It was a weak plea; because, when Judith "pointed out" that so inveterate a smoker probably had wax vestas in his pocket, it seemed to leave him no line of defence to fall back upon.
He quietly pocketed this prize, on the chance of its being useful, and after possessing himself of the sack and cord, and two waxvestas lying on the floor, one of which had been lit and the other had not, he prepared to quit the scene.
First of all he examined once more the match-box, and satisfied himself that there was no doubt about the identity of its contents with the stray vestas he had picked up.
Midland Railway, but the Midland Railway is not six feet two inches, and does not carry wax vestas about him, or drop them on the floor of the boot- box.
He could have wished for more; a box of early Victorian vestas had been highly acceptable.
In disgust he swore it was the devil's own luck, that he should run out of vestasat a time so critical.
Seeing my precious vestas burning quickly away, I begged her once more to say the Memorare.
Everything was small--candlesticks, vases, and the rest; two wax vestas were quite sufficient to light it up properly.
Hastily Birnier searched his pockets for a match; recollected that he had used the last, and took out a small tin box of wax vestas wrapped in oiled silk which he kept as a reserve in a special pouch of his belt.
Then taking out his metal box of vestas Birnier moistened one.
In an instant, however, he called out again that she must bring the matches, after all, because the Vestas were all stuck to, through being on the stove.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vestas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
