How to Use stovepipe in a Sentence
stovepipe
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The Cavs really have no one else who can do that better the man with the stovepipe hair.
—Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 1 June 2017
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Can mega-retro Honest Abe stovepipe hats be far behind?
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
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More or less crotchless pants, fall’s tall boots come in shapes from slouchy to stovepipe to inverted ice-cream cone.
—Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
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Hood and Vent: Twenty-gauge sheetmetal and a 5-in. galvanized stovepipe formed the forge's hood and vent.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 2 Jan. 2020
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The Saint Paul Hotel doesn’t need to drop names – the doorman’s stovepipe hat and hotel’s ornate decor speak volumes – but what the heck.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan / Washington Post, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
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At the camp, defiance is rising like smoke from the stovepipe of Mr. Plenty Wolf’s tepee.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2016
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To make the job more challenging, cover the post in something very slippery like a stainless steel stovepipe or piece of PVC pipe.
—Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
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Thousands of caps, including ones like the stovepipe hat Abraham Lincoln wore, are piled high in boxes along the walls.
—Jan Ransom, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2018
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It was worn with stovepipe pants embedded with tight pleats that opened into dramatic flares right above the ankle.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
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Traditionally the hat is a replica of Abe Lincoln’s stovepipe.
—Dan McConchie, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
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Hues fade in and out of focus (brights and beiges alike took on starring roles in the Spring 2020 collections) and denim cuts can shift, seemingly spur of the moment, from stovepipe skinnies to wide-leg trousers.
—Vogue, 12 Nov. 2019
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There was something incredible about his look, specifically the high-rise, snug stovepipe pants.
—Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2023
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Details like stovepipe sleeves that eliminate excess fabric and a curved hem only make this t-shirt more flattering.
—Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2021
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What made Sibley the right man to take on one of American history’s most iconic figures, stovepipe hat, Gettysburg Address and all?
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2022
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Cover chimneys and stovepipe outlets with a material that has openings no smaller than 3/8-inch and no larger than 1/2-inch.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
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Suddenly a large black man wearing a stovepipe hat, spectacles and a formal jacket and pants emerged and invited Douglass to his home at 36 Lispenard Street, just a few blocks away.
—Graham Hodges, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2020
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The museum has been beset in recent years by the foundation's struggle to pay off a $9 million debt that had gone toward the purchase of Lincoln memorabilia, including the stovepipe hat.
—CBS News, 25 Dec. 2019
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Cover chimney and stovepipe outlets with a noncombustible corrosion resistant metal mesh screens with 3/8-inch to 1/2-inch openings.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
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Rosy-cheeked and wearing a dove-gray Fjällräven parka and stovepipe jeans that her teenage son recently outgrew, the novelist looks more like a carefree coed than a 59-year-old literary lion on the eve of her seventh book’s publication.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2022
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The cause has been hampered by evidence that secret efforts to authenticate a stovepipe hat purportedly belonging to Lincoln failed.
—Washington Post, 20 June 2019
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Buckethead is the super-eclectic, super-prolific and super-eye-catching musician known for, among other things, wearing an inverted KFC chicken bucket on his head as a kind of fast-food stovepipe hat.
—John Adamian, courant.com, 7 Apr. 2018
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The Taper collection included a beaver fur stovepipe hat that library officials are satisfied that Lincoln wore, though some critics are not convinced there is empirical evidence of an attachment to Honest Abe.
—Ray Long, latimes.com, 13 May 2018
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Meanwhile, reports from different services and agencies remain largely ignored and unevaluated inside their respective bureaucratic stovepipes.
—Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2018
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The Cavs really have no one else who can do that better the man with the stovepipe hair.
—Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 1 June 2017
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Can mega-retro Honest Abe stovepipe hats be far behind?
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
-
More or less crotchless pants, fall’s tall boots come in shapes from slouchy to stovepipe to inverted ice-cream cone.
—Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
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Hood and Vent: Twenty-gauge sheetmetal and a 5-in. galvanized stovepipe formed the forge's hood and vent.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 2 Jan. 2020
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The Saint Paul Hotel doesn’t need to drop names – the doorman’s stovepipe hat and hotel’s ornate decor speak volumes – but what the heck.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan / Washington Post, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
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At the camp, defiance is rising like smoke from the stovepipe of Mr. Plenty Wolf’s tepee.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2016
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To make the job more challenging, cover the post in something very slippery like a stainless steel stovepipe or piece of PVC pipe.
—Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2017
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