boiler

Example Sentences

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On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

He said, as part of the investigation, a boiler had been recovered from the cabin where the teenagers were staying and forensically examined.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The jury also heard that O'Sullivan drove approximately 25,000 miles a year as a contract boiler engineer.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

I had probably interrupted her in the middle of her own quiet time when the boiler and presses were off and the cool night flew against the windows in moths and crickets.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston