wood stove

Example Sentences

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"It had a wood stove and no running water and a tin roof, rusted. It was a funky little shack."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The family lived in a one-story house with a tin roof, a wood stove and no indoor plumbing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

When Russian airstrikes on Kyiv repeatedly knocked out the power over the winter, zoo officials crowdfunded fuel for a wood stove that kept the gorilla warm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Rebecca Miller salvaged the modest furnishings from the studio, including a daybed, a pot-belly wood stove and an old metal office chair that her father, a jack-of-all-trades, insisted on fixing rather than replacing.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023

He put another log into the wood stove and sat down at his personal computer, which was located next to his clock-repair bench.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston