How to Use pressure cooker in a Sentence

pressure cooker

noun

• The new boss has turned the office into a pressure cooker.
• 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
• Stuyvesant High School is a pressure cooker, one student says.
  — Leslie Brody, WSJ, 3 June 2018
• Stuyvesant is known to be a competitive pressure cooker.
  — Leslie Brody, WSJ, 17 July 2018
• Press Sauté on an electric pressure cooker and adjust to medium.
  — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 16 Aug. 2018
• Kenny gets it: The show is a pressure cooker, and everyone has a moment of weakness.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2018
• Cloudless skies that heat the humid atmosphere into a pressure cooker.
  — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2018
• He was seen buying a pressure cooker shortly before his arrest, prosecutors said.
  — Washington Post, 23 May 2018
• Not only does it cut cooking time way, way down for all sorts of dishes, but the pressure cooker seals tight, keeping heat inside, which is a real win in the summer months.
  — Samantha Gordon, USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
• Make the farro: in a pressure cooker or multicooker, combine farro, water, sesame oil, apple cider vinegar and salt.
  — Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 26 July 2018
• Police found pressure cookers and pipe bombs around the school, a law enforcement source told CBS News around the time of the shooting.
  — CBS News, 30 May 2018
• Sales of bowls have climbed in tandem with the rise of the Instant Pot and the pressure cooker, time-saving gadgets that produce tasty dishes too sloppy for a plate.
  — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• Authorities later found explosive devices -- including pipe bombs and pressure cookers -- in and near the school, a law enforcement official said.
  — Nick Valencia, CNN, 20 May 2018
• The bowl then was ready to be placed in the pressure cooker.
  — cleveland, 29 June 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• With the Olympics break, Clark is able to enjoy some time away from the pressure cooker that has been her life for the better part of six months.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 26 July 2024
• As the moon and Mercury clash, closeness creates a pressure cooker.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024