teakettle

Example Sentences

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I went ass over teakettle, tumbling and flipping and flopping down the hill, just a ball of dust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Dougherty’s mother has a copper teakettle that crossed the Atlantic with Finnish ancestors, and Dougherty’s son has already called dibs on the piece.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Dazed residents shuffled through the debris of their homes desperate to recover what they could: A bag of rice here, a teakettle there.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2022

Every four years, when the Winter Olympics come around, TV viewers stop and notice men and women in funny looking pants furiously sweeping in front of what looks like a giant teakettle sliding on ice.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2022

A perfect hum, high-pitched and swollen, like someone had put the teakettle on and it had come to a boil.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd