How to Use pressure cooker in a Sentence

pressure cooker

noun
  • The new boss has turned the office into a pressure cooker.
  • The bowl then was ready to be placed in the pressure cooker.
    cleveland, 29 June 2020
  • Lift the steam rack out of the pressure cooker and fluff rice with a fork.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The slow cooker is the slow, all day method and the pressure cooker is the fast method.
    Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The boys threw pipe bombs and an I.E.D. made out of a pressure cooker at the police.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2020
  • That has simply turned up the heat in the pressure cooker.
    New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Pour the strained broth and meat back into the pressure cooker.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Out of such a pressure cooker arose King’s band, Gang of Four.
    Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The promise of a quick meal is the allure of any pressure cooker.
    Bre Richey, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • For a very long time, my mom’s go-to method of making dal was the pressure cooker.
    Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 15 Mar. 2018
  • This is one of the youngest teams in the league, so how are those guys going to hold up in the pressure cooker of the playoffs?
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • In the kitchen of the Huron Village spot, the soup is made in a pressure cooker and simmered for 10 minutes.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Both are cheaper by the pound, and the latter is so easy to make in a slow or pressure cooker.
    September 6, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Still, the spices and the dal never seemed to meld as seamlessly as in the pressure cooker.
    Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Meat and vegetables will cook in about the same time as the pressure cooker.
    Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2024
  • With a push of a button on the easy-to-use control panel, the pressure cooker gets to work.
    Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The two bombs were pressure cookers packed with ball bearings and steel nuts.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Some of the best soups, stews, braises and more have been products of my pressure cooker the last few years.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
  • It’s the jarring whistle of the pressure cooker as dal softens on the stove.
    NBC News, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Sure, Instant Pots (and pressure cooker recipes) are all the rage right now.
    Laura Denby, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The pressure cooker sautés, steams, slow cooks, warms and makes meats, eggs, rice, soup and yogurt.
    Stephanie Toone, ajc, 9 July 2020
  • The Guilty is designed, programmed half to death, to be a pressure cooker.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2021
  • To cook in a pressure cooker: Press Cancel, lock the lid in place and move the pressure valve to Sealing.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The pressure cooker mode is what Instant Pots are best known for.
    Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2021
  • This 12-in-1 pressure cooker and air fryer is a great gift for the foodie in your life.
    Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
  • That’s the trap set for Emily more than once in this minor pressure cooker of a movie.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Using the sauté mode on your high-pressure cooker, heat oil and cook the onion for about 5 minutes.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2022
  • And a true hidden gem of the pressure cooker is the weeknight risotto.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
  • The mechanism is like a pressure cooker, Li says, with weighty water acting as the release valve.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
  • That timeline is meant to ensure that any recommendation is made outside the pressure cooker of an election cycle, in which all political parties have come out against the deal.
    Kayla Tausche and Matt Egan, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024

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