frying pan
Example Sentences
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Yet the country may be launching out of the frying pan and into the fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
When you need a frying pan to cook fluffy omelets, a skillet to brown mushrooms, or a sheet pan for baking an afternoon treat of chocolate chip cookies, it’s tempting to reach for something nonstick.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
Now imagine instead of a frying pan, it was the floor beneath you.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2024
When sunny skies returned, the Olympic skate park — made of concrete and shaped like a bowl — became a giant frying pan.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
Auntie let the lid on the frying pan clatter on top of the stove.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
