thermometer

Example Sentences

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The box also lacked a thermometer that could alert the medical team to the low temperature.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

"How pitiful," he said, lowering a thermometer into the water.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

The approach, known as a penetrating thermometer, integrates emissions across the QGP's entire lifetime to produce an average thermal profile.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

The Scot brought a thermometer to last year’s contest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

I went to the bedroom and found him sitting, looking at the thermometer.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien