potbelly stove

Example Sentences

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His swanky West Hollywood atelier had colorful wallpaper and African masks on the walls, a huge potbelly stove and a full bar, where customers could indulge throughout a fitting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

A potbelly stove took the edge off bitterly cold days outside the rough-hewed schoolhouses north of Fergus Falls, the county seat.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2019

Leading with his smooth manners and a paunch that will swell into a potbelly stove, he goes through the proper courtship motions.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018

The 12-foot-by-12-foot structure built with scraps of lumber, tin, shingles and carpet featured a potbelly stove and yard lights run off a tractor battery.

From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2017

Hundreds of crates of misprinted dictionaries are stacked in the halls, and the girls burn them page by page in the potbelly stove.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr