stove

Example Sentences

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"The roof was like a stove," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

She had started preparing meals on the stove outside beneath a wooden carport after an earlier fire in the kitchen of the home caused damage, Officer E. Velazquez wrote in the document.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Sitting in a bare cell, the papers at his feet and a stove beside him, he reads the first few.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"It had a wood stove and no running water and a tin roof, rusted. It was a funky little shack."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

This was at Thanksgiving, so my head still rang like a belfry from the exploding stove.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck