How to Use percolator in a Sentence

percolator

noun

• On most mornings, Grant would get up first to put on the trusty percolator.
  — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 12 July 2017
• A french press or stove top coffee percolator (made of glass) would be your best bet for a standard cup of joe.
  — Steven MacAri, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Mar. 2015
• This is a somewhat classic hint from the days of percolators!
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2019
• That matches the price of a brand-new one at Walmart.com and is a mere $.04 cheaper than the same new percolator on Macy’s website.
  — Lauren Goode, Wired, 23 June 2021
• Daydreams and long-term visions, yes, but also the dreams that your night-self drips like a percolator.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• Stop in here for all your gift shopping: teeny percolators, pots, and pans in every shade of pastel?
  — Lori Keong, Marie Claire, 15 May 2017
• There are still plenty of folks for whom coffee isn’t coffee unless it’s made in a percolator.
  — Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021
• Instead of lugging a French press or percolator into the woods, bring cold brew concentrate or, for a crowd, La Colombe’s cold brew box.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2022
• The filter basket, the perk tube and actual coffee maker are all made out of stainless steel, so this percolator is built to last.
  — Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2019
• The new Bistro is a cross between old-school percolator and currently-fashionable pour-over coffee.
  — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2012
• The old-school brewing method involves placing coffee grounds and a filter over a coffee cup, then slowly pouring water over the grounds in a method somewhere between a french press and a percolator.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2016
• The bear box outside is stocked with cooking supplies, including pots, pans, a coffee percolator and utensils.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2020
• Percolator, French press, AeroPress, espresso, pour over, vacuum pot, automatic brew, tin can: People go to great lengths for a good cup of coffee.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 16 June 2016
• Some people want to know how folks in the Middle Ages brushed their teeth; others want to know how to extract starch from tubers like sweet potatoes and arrowroot or how to restore a coffee percolator, an old radio, or a pair of leather shoes.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 25 June 2019
• Rummage for old neon signs and vintage percolators at Remember When Antiques in Sunset?
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2018
• During the rehearsal, as coffee bubbled in a percolator, everyone tried to inhabit the characters, old and new, even when the characters voiced opinions that diverged from the actors’ own.
  — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2021
• Back in 2014, Pantone teamed up with Whitbread Wilkinson to release electric coffee percolators in some of their signature colors.
  — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 21 Aug. 2018
• The percolator is going, the old man said, materializing suddenly in the doorway.
  — David Means, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
• And of course, an old-fashioned coffee percolator doesn’t require electricity.
  — Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024