pan

Example Sentences

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“Well, he transferred himself right out of the frying pan and into a fire, didn’t he? Why go to the mountain if he was just going to attack it next? It makes no sense.”

From Literature

“I’m sorry about my ugly appearance,” a preteen Kaley said in a YouTube video played in court Thursday morning, urgently repeating, “I look so fat,” while panning the camera over her slender torso.

From Los Angeles Times

Leah later told a story in which the public hated Burr so much that he was pelted with “bricks, broken eggs, sticks, and tin pans” outside the courthouse.

From Literature

He believes shares will remain volatile and find a floor only after one of several potentially positive factors pans out.

From Barron's

While I was putting on my clothes, I heard the rattling of pots and pans.

From Literature