like an oven
Example Sentences
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Since we use the grill like an oven, if you choose to open your grill to cook additional food, like hot dogs, your cooking time may increase.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022
The heat dome can stretch over several states and linger for days to weeks, leaving the people, crops and animals below to suffer through stagnant, hot air that can feel like an oven.
From Scientific American • Jul. 6, 2022
And record-smashing heat waves are further contributing to the danger by drying the state’s vegetation like an oven, Clements said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021
That means that on even a pleasant day, a car can feel like an oven.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2014
“And if the power goes off, it’s going to be like an oven in there.”
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
