like an oven
Example Sentences
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The sun made it feel like an oven in the morning.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2023
The heat dome can stretch over several states and linger for days to weeks, leaving the people, crops and animals below to suffer through stagnant, hot air that can feel like an oven.
From Scientific American • Jul. 6, 2022
And record-smashing heat waves are further contributing to the danger by drying the state’s vegetation like an oven, Clements said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021
That means that on even a pleasant day, a car can feel like an oven.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2014
The sunlight and warm air coming through the large, busted-out window make the room feel like an oven.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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