1. A livid bruise welled on her cheek where Matchsticks had struck her.

2. Trees and telegraph poles were uprooted; others were snapped in half like matchsticks.

3. It was as tall and cold as a glacier rolling down a valley, crunching trees like matchsticks.

4. The destructive winds of Tropical Iselle, which hit the Big Island in early August 2014, toppled Albizias like matchsticks.

5. She had a bun of hair at her nape from which stuck out carved hairpins, thinner than split matchsticks.

6. There being no ink left in the pen, Pooley had pierced the points of his speculation through with defunct matchsticks.

7. ‘Now's the time for fresh, fragrant Courgette flowers, purple basil, miniature lemons - everything becomes lighter and tastier, and we know summer is fast approaching.’ ‘Mine was a large piece of pink salmon on a bed of spinach, topped with red and green sauce and matchsticks of Courgette.’