steaming

Example Sentences

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I detected a touch of laughter in my aunt’s manner that first evening at supper as she helped pass the steaming bowls of stew down the line to the other boarders.

From Literature

But something clicked on the third day as she sat, a steaming mug of coffee in hand, on a small whale-watching boat motoring across the foggy Clayoquot Sound.

From The Wall Street Journal

The choice of balls they used was telling, with Cummins steaming in with a pink ball and Hazlewood more reserved with a red one.

From Barron's

The steaming porridge was thick as glue, and the boys were able to count to five before the spoon tipped over.

From Literature

If the ropes snapped while the Mykali was steaming out to sea, the shock might capsize the vessel, sturdy as it was.

From Literature