thermometer
Example Sentences
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Since there was only one candidate running for each of the 470 legislative seats, turnout was watched by observers as a political thermometer.
From Seattle Times
In the brief summer, even as the sun circled the horizon and never set, the thermometer seldom broke 40 degrees.
From Washington Post
He compared it to trying to diagnose cancer with a thermometer.
From Washington Post
She and her husband, Thomas, watched as the thermometer in their home dipped into the low 60s.
From New York Times
Friday, by the time a day has usually revealed itself to the thermometer, we beheld gray skies, felt a 15 mph breeze and measured 52 degrees.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
