frying pan

Example Sentences

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Yet the country may be launching out of the frying pan and into the fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

When you need a frying pan to cook fluffy omelets, a skillet to brown mushrooms, or a sheet pan for baking an afternoon treat of chocolate chip cookies, it’s tempting to reach for something nonstick.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

It is a sort of non-stick frying pan solution, meaning that layers of molten aluminium do not get stuck on this expensive equipment.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Now imagine instead of a frying pan, it was the floor beneath you.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2024

Mama goes back to the frying pan in the demonstration kitchen.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan