electric blanket

Example Sentences

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During the next outage, you’ll find me with my family, under an electric blanket, sipping piping hot tea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Her skin was ice cold, Roberts said, and everyone went to work trying to warm her up, drenching her in warm water, plying her with hot tea, and eventually wrapping her in an electric blanket.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

"Can you thaw a frozen turkey by wrapping it in an electric blanket?"

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

Accustomed to staying warm at night with an electric blanket, Ms. Cahn slept under a stack of four blankets.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2019

As I get ready for bed, and then turn off the lights and pull up the feather quilt, I'm not thinking about my electric blanket and how much I miss it.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements