potholder

Example Sentences

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I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022

When a potholder catches fire while she’s making coffee, Caroline Bryant perceives the boy’s smile in the flame.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022

One of my friends is sewing medical masks, using the loops from a child’s potholder weaving kit for the earpieces.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2020

Political memorabilia has long been a mainstay of American campaigning, with the Teddy Roosevelt “Rough Rider” campaign button, the reelect Eisenhower 1956 potholder and the “I Stand With Rand” flip-flops of today.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2015

Use the potholder in one hand to hold the cover on, and with the other move the pan back and forth across the unit.

From Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 by Wilson, Eric B.