How to Use woodstove in a Sentence

woodstove

noun

• Once there was a tree who longed to come inside and sit by the woodstove.
  — George Saunders, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• Inside, the air was dense and cozy from the radiant heat of the woodstove.
  — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Apr. 2013
• 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
• Be safe when using space heaters, fireplaces, and a woodstove to heat your home.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• 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
• After dinner and dishes, the crew retires to the living room and crowds around the woodstove.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• First stop is the outhouse (or the nearest appropriate tree), then straight to the woodstove for coffee.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
• The woodstove crackled with spruce near where Rigby sat on the end of the table, supervising.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Christensen scored an old barrel wood-burning stove from a local; Mond bought a woodstove on Craigslist.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 14 Dec. 2019
• At Nation Bluff, a ranger had left a crumple of newspaper and dry kindling inside the woodstove.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2020
• A good morning for lingering over coffee by the woodstove.
  — Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
• 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
• The room has a dirt floor, woven bamboo walls and a rudimentary woodstove with no chimney.
  — National Geographic, 24 May 2016
• The room has a dirt floor, woven bamboo walls and a rudimentary woodstove with no chimney.
  — National Geographic, 24 May 2016
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 21 Aug 2024