boiler

Example Sentences

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This winter, he and his wife switched it off and went back to their gas boiler, which they had kept as a backup.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The indoor unit is about the size of a gas boiler, while the size of the cylinder depends on the property.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

“The train’s water boiler would be refilled there. He’d have to wait.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros