blowtorch

Example Sentences

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Left behind on the street outside the Louvre was the truck, a jerry can, a blowtorch, angle grinders, a walkie-talkie and yellow vests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Police found an angle-grinder and a blowtorch at the scene.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

One man was caught using a blowtorch to incinerate debris in West Hills as the Kenneth fire raged above him, police said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

“The wind was so terrible it was just like a blowtorch, and once we would get certain areas put out it would just reignite,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

It was only a two-minute piece, but it felt like I stood there for an agonizingly long time, dripping sweat under lights hotter than a blowtorch.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen