teakettle

Example Sentences

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I went ass over teakettle, tumbling and flipping and flopping down the hill, just a ball of dust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Dougherty’s mother has a copper teakettle that crossed the Atlantic with Finnish ancestors, and Dougherty’s son has already called dibs on the piece.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Dazed residents shuffled through the debris of their homes desperate to recover what they could: A bag of rice here, a teakettle there.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2022

This is a particular shame for a symphony that wicks teakettle tensions from frequencies that are frequently lost.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

For herself and for Father, she made tea, using water from a copper teakettle that she must have already boiled and set at the edge of the stove to keep hot.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep