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
  • That means there are more boilers to break down, roofs to fix, and bills to pay.
    — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, 7 May 2017
  • The smell is a telltale sign of a boiler on its last leg.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Boilers grew from the size of a small garage to many stories high.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2017
  • 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
  • To reheat, warm the sauce over low heat in a double-boiler.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 6 Feb. 2018
  • 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 only thing the younger students don't do is load and fire up the wood-burning boilers.
    — Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2017
  • 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
  • The boilers are over 60 years old, and their life expectancy was 50 years.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
  • Weeks later, in the early hours of Jan. 1, the building’s boiler burst.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 9 June 2018
  • Yet down by the boiler room in Target Field, there is a constant whirring sound.
    — Tom Powers, Twin Cities, 19 May 2017
  • 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
  • This happens not in the open but in boilers and combustion chambers.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning.
    — arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024

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