hot-water bottle
Example Sentences
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If I was laughing inwardly at the hot-water bottle, I stop when Pebbles burns up the course.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2019
Each time, I tell them the same thing: Get a hot-water bottle.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2018
A hot-water bottle applied to my capsaicin patch inflicted the perceptual equivalent of a third-degree burn, after which a cooling pack placed on the same spot brought tear-inducing relief.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018
“It was so cold that Peter put a hot-water bottle on his belly and another one on his back, and my mother wore her fur coat.”
From Architectural Digest • Aug. 4, 2015
Sarah put him on the couch with a hot-water bottle, where he took two aspirins and fell asleep.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
