furnace room
Example Sentences
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I spent hours with Dad in our garage grease pit bleeding brakes, in our attic installing insulation, in the furnace room adjusting burners.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Robert Chin, then a crane mechanic who found the chapel while logging overtime hours on Sundays, recalled the priest welcoming him to confession in a furnace room for lack of space.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021
Caldwell and Mathena transformed the basement’s furnace room into a laundry room with a laundry chute from upstairs.
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2015
But actually there are endless rooms around you that you don't use, and there's one room way at the back – the furnace room, maybe – where your thoughts begin.
From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2011
On rainy days, she left earlier and walked to school slower so that she would be soaking wet and rate the privilege of drying in the furnace room.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
