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
Athens, the second most densely populated city in Europe after Paris, often heats up like an oven.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2021
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
“And if the power goes off, it’s going to be like an oven in there.”
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
