How to Use boiler in a Sentence

boiler

noun
  • The remnants of an old boiler lay in the center of the floor.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Mosier rose at 5 a.m. to fire up the boiler for the laundry.
    Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 19 June 2021
  • The smell is a telltale sign of a boiler on its last leg.
    Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Spire shut down the boiler, and fire crews aired out the structure with fans.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
  • The Navy chalked up the sinking of the ship to a boiler explosion.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 July 2019
  • The third switch gets the boiler up to temp for the steam wand for heating and frothing milk.
    Jenna Adrian-Diaz, Bon Appétit, 22 Feb. 2022
  • On the south wall of the boiler house are the remnants of arched apertures now sealed with bricks.
    John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The AfD is the party that speaks to those wanting to stick to diesel cars and gas boilers.
    Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The boiler was located in the north end of the basement of the building.
    Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Neglect left the roof in bad shape and its boiler no longer works.
    Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The mansion uses spring water from the area and a biomass boiler to heat the home.
    Dana Givens, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The wine rack was fashioned out of the old boiler system.
    Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The space once was used to store fruit, wash laundry and fuel the steam heat boiler.
    oregonlive, 20 May 2021
  • Hence, why the Zojirushi water boiler is at the top of her gift list this year.
    Kate McCarthy, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Place the bowl on top of the pan of water (this is a double-boiler setup).
    Joanne Rosa, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2021
  • On paper, a boiler suit sounds like an easy thing to wear this fall.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Not many people have seen the boilers in the back, and not many people have seen the debris field.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • The building, which was a boiler factory, dates back to the 1860s.
    John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Heat was sporadic, with a balky boiler that belched black smoke.
    New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Made a little bit of profit, fix the boiler and it’s been like that nonstop.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • Snow up to the windows, wind blowing in through the cracks, wife banging on the boiler, 26-year-old Kipling sat down to write.
    Nina Sovich, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2021
  • There was smoke rising above the ground from this boiler in the floor for Dragonstone.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Here’s how: Turn the thermostat all the way down to prevent the boiler from cranking up.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 11 Dec. 2018
  • An old boiler area, one that hasn't been used in years, also had enough gaps to open a path inside.
    Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021
  • One worker tends the boiler and stuffs plastic into the fire while others steam the soybeans and skim off the pulp.
    Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Though friendly, the boiler man was a Nazi who could take it into his head to denounce him.
    David Pryce-Jones, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Heavier pieces such as the boilers dropped straight down, while other pieces were flung off into the abyss.
    National Geographic, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The prison, for instance, runs a boiler system that feeds on burning wood chips.
    Christine Condon, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2020
  • What's next: Goldstein is designing a cafe for the space and has plans to offer studio space in an expansive room where the historic building's boilers once rumbled.
    Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • For the ‘no firebricks’ scenario, it was assumed that countries would obtain the heat for industrial processes from electric furnaces, heaters, boilers, and heat pumps, with batteries used to store electricity for those technologies.
    New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024

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