steam

Example Sentences

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This week’s big rally in stocks lost some steam Friday amid rising inflation at home and as Saturday’s planned U.S.-Iran meeting in Islamabad put the countries’ fragile cease-fire in focus.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

West Highland Chamber said it recognised that the Jacobite steam train had played an important part in the local hospitality and retail sectors for many years.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The main event was the “cooling steam therapy,” which Xie said was meant to be calming and refreshing and help relieve tired eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Ethane is combined with high pressure steam at a temperature of more than 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the molecule's chemical bonds and forming ethylene, hydrogen and other gases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The mountain was still intermittently belching steam and ash, and the best record of what was going on inside the volcano was the elements that came spewing up, out the top.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone