frying pan

Example Sentences

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From the frying pan to the fire, the Lakers now travel to Oklahoma City to face the defending champion Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals beginning Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

Weather that swings from deep freeze to frying pan.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Yet the country may be launching out of the frying pan and into the fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

England's strongest man has revealed his strength by crushing a frying pan with his bare hands.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

I paint polished wood, and metal: a copper-bottomed frying pan, as seen from the bottom, an aluminum double boiler.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood