thermometer

Example Sentences

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"How pitiful," he said, lowering a thermometer into the water.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

A separate yellow warning for low temperatures and ice has been issued for a wide area, with the thermometer expected to drop to between -2C and -4C.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

The approach, known as a penetrating thermometer, integrates emissions across the QGP's entire lifetime to produce an average thermal profile.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

The Scot brought a thermometer to last year’s contest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

I do not know how high his fever has gone, because it has reached 106, and beyond that the thermometer does not show.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien