How to Use microwave oven in a Sentence

microwave oven

noun

• Men like Quraishi staffed the microwave ovens and mopped the floors.
  — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
• Each satellite is just the size of a microwave oven, says GHGSat.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
• Frozen food thawed in the microwave oven but not cooked should not be refrozen.
  — Washington Post, 13 May 2020
• There is a short learning curve, so learn on one that may be used to set a microwave oven.
  — James Dulley, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2020
• Avoid the need to bend down by having a microwave oven at eye level.
  — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
• As the Amana cookbook noted, breads don’t brown in a microwave oven.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
• Why not throw in lawn chains, peanut butter, microwave oven parts, and Ugg boots as well?
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2021
• The van also has a small kitchen with a two-burner cooktop and a microwave oven.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 12 June 2021
• Men are like a microwave oven and women are like a slow burning stove.
  — Laura Berman, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
• The first microwave oven, weighing 750 pounds and standing six feet tall.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Kind of like a microwave oven, which is very handy but not good for everything.
  — Neil Winton, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• To heat: Heat lava cakes on a plate for 45 seconds to 1 minute in a microwave oven, depending on the size of the cake mold.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Spencer went on to develop the microwave oven for Raytheon, earning a mere two dollars for the patent.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2022
• If this idea seems strange, think of the protective window-grate on your microwave oven.
  — Kyle Peterson, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2018
• Dear Heloise: To clean a microwave oven, dampen a paper towel or a dish cloth.
  — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2021
• Despite the dimensions, the microwave oven doesn't lack much.
  — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
• Place corn in a sieve and run hot water through to quickly defrost the corn or place in a microwave oven for 2 minutes.
  — Linda Gassenheimer, Twin Cities, 8 July 2019
• Cover with a paper towel and heat on high in the microwave oven for 45 seconds.
  — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2019
• Using the microwave oven and only one skillet makes clean up easy.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
• Heat in a microwave oven for about 1 minute or until sugar is dissolved in juice.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 July 2021
• The microwave oven has definitely transformed the way most of us cook.
  — Timothy J. Jorgensen, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2017
• Today’s consumer models, by contrast, are about the size of a microwave oven and may sell for about US $1000.
  — Jeffrey Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2013
• The probe, about as big as a microwave oven, is designed to test an orbit path around the moon ahead of a manned lunar mission planned for 2024.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 July 2022
• That’s about equal to the energy consumption of a microwave oven.
  — Mark Dent, WIRED, 11 July 2019
• Family photos and comics are taped to some screens and walls; a microwave oven and coffee maker sit by the door.
  — NBC News, 12 Mar. 2022
• Heat 1-2 minutes in the microwave oven, stirring halfway through.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 25 June 2021
• Hellcat your Dodge Dart Swinger, or your lawnmower, or your microwave oven, for all Mopar cares.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 30 Oct. 2017
• Blame it on the magnetron, the cooking element of every microwave oven.
  — Randy Rieland, Smithsonian, 17 Feb. 2017
• Dear Heloise: My company repairs a lot of microwave ovens.
  — Heloise, Washington Post, 10 July 2019
• Like so many of the most banal tools of modern life—duct tape, tampons, canned soup, the Internet—the microwave oven was born from the industry of war.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024