How to Use woodstove in a Sentence
woodstove
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Once there was a tree who longed to come inside and sit by the woodstove.
—George Saunders, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
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Inside, the air was dense and cozy from the radiant heat of the woodstove.
—Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Apr. 2013
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Be sure to pop into one of the four warming huts along the route to thaw out by a woodstove.
—Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2019
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Be safe when using space heaters, fireplaces, and a woodstove to heat your home.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
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The woodstove, set into a corner of the room, has a backdrop of stones the size of cantaloupes set halfway up the walls.
—Joan Walden, courant.com, 1 June 2017
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After dinner and dishes, the crew retires to the living room and crowds around the woodstove.
—Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
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The family used an outhouse and bathed in a tub beside a woodstove; water came from a well down the road.
—C.j. Chivers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
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My dog was asleep in front of the woodstove, a package with cards and candy was on its way to my grandkids for Valentine’s Day.
—Beverly Donofrio, Longreads, 16 Mar. 2018
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Stroll the grounds or enjoy a wagon ride, and take home some tips for cooking on a farmhouse woodstove.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2019
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The space was warm—Svitlana kept a woodstove going—and had a thick-walled central room with no windows.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
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First stop is the outhouse (or the nearest appropriate tree), then straight to the woodstove for coffee.
—Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
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The woodstove crackled with spruce near where Rigby sat on the end of the table, supervising.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2021
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Alfred takes a seat on his bunk beside the woodstove, slides his boots off, and hitches his thumbs under his suspenders.
—Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
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Inside, a woodstove glows in the dim light, and a couple lounges on benches, absorbed in their books as the late afternoon light slants through the windows.
—Daniel Otis, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Christensen scored an old barrel wood-burning stove from a local; Mond bought a woodstove on Craigslist.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 14 Dec. 2019
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At Nation Bluff, a ranger had left a crumple of newspaper and dry kindling inside the woodstove.
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2020
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A good morning for lingering over coffee by the woodstove.
—Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
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After Gary had gotten a fire roaring in the squat woodstove (assisted, of course, by Harper), the hut warmed up, and our candles gave it a cozy glow.
—Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
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The room has a dirt floor, woven bamboo walls and a rudimentary woodstove with no chimney.
—National Geographic, 24 May 2016
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The room has a dirt floor, woven bamboo walls and a rudimentary woodstove with no chimney.
—National Geographic, 24 May 2016
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There are code parameters for the width and length of the hearth relative to the size of the woodstove/opening, so consult a professional.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2021
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The room is crowded—firewood and tools jumbled by a woodstove, cardboard boxes, cases of soda and seltzer.
—Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American, 10 June 2022
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Entrance is into a 165-square-foot living area/kitchen with a sink, refrigerator, and cabinets on the right and a woodstove on the left.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021
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The cottage features big sliding barn doors, a woodstove, and a lofted bedroom — unique details to make for a memorable stay.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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Create an unexpected design moment in your space by adding a tile area rug to the floor just around a free-standing fireplace or woodstove.
—Sunset Magazine, 15 Feb. 2022
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The upper level of the home features a family room addition, accessed through French doors, with skylights and a gas woodstove.
—Rachel Lebeaux, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2018
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Floating cabins are quite popular in these parts, but the Swan is designed with all the nesting essentials for two: a woodstove, a bedroom, and a bathroom.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2023
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The 2005 home has chestnut-wood floors, a living room with a Finnish tulikivi woodstove, an eat-in kitchen with soapstone sinks and counters, and living and dining rooms with glass doors to covered porches.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 7 Aug. 2022
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In autumn, the crews spend weeks clustered around the woodstove in a cabin on Quartz Lake, heading out at night on the nearly frozen lake, listening through headphones for the ping of sonic telemetry to track the Judas fish.
—Janine Latus, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2016
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On one end is a living area, with a woodstove and a sitting area, an open kitchen and a long wood dining table; on the other side is the main bedroom and bathroom –neither of which have doors, but gain privacy from the walls.
—Nancy Keates, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
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