Martie dropped the unopened container of matches into the trash can, and the contents made a raspy sound like a rattlesnake issuing a warning.

"We have yet to confirm that any of these reports concern an unopened container," Mr. Giangola said.

Here are guidelines for unopened containers of food.

Somewhat to her surprise she discovered clean dishes and silverware, unopened containers of untouched food, including a fresh carton of milk.

He snapped his arm in the direction of the stacked crates and a dart shattered against the largest container there-an unopened container.

I was about to address these irritations, when a shadow fell across my desk and my unopened container of coffee.

As for alcohol, they can only remove unopened containers.

After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, for example, passengers were only allowed to bring on board drinks in unopened containers.

Take a carefully measured volume of liquid soap fresh from its unopened container and measure its mass.

Jedson ordered lunch, and I had a couple of cans of devitalized beer, insisting on their bringing it to the booth in the unopened containers.