thermostat

Example Sentences

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As the child of penny-pinching Sicilian parents, I’m all too familiar with the dread surrounding the thermostat come midwinter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“That doesn’t look like it’ll go away anytime soon. People are going to be heavy on the thermostat for a good two weeks,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

Madeline Marchiano realizes that this winter’s runaway heating prices mean she can’t afford to raise her thermostat enough to warm her entire South Philadelphia rowhouse.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

To save money on your heating bill, turn off radiators in rooms you do not use and use your central thermostat to control the overall temperature, he said.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

The day after that Nick turned the classroom thermostat up to about ninety degrees with a little screwdriver he had brought from home.

From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements