How to Use boiler in a Sentence

boiler

noun

• The remnants of an old boiler lay in the center of the floor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
• Mosier rose at 5 a.m. to fire up the boiler for the laundry.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 19 June 2021
• The smell is a telltale sign of a boiler on its last leg.
  — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2019
• Spire shut down the boiler, and fire crews aired out the structure with fans.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
• The Navy chalked up the sinking of the ship to a boiler explosion.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 July 2019
• The third switch gets the boiler up to temp for the steam wand for heating and frothing milk.
  — Jenna Adrian-Diaz, Bon Appétit, 22 Feb. 2022
• On the south wall of the boiler house are the remnants of arched apertures now sealed with bricks.
  — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• The AfD is the party that speaks to those wanting to stick to diesel cars and gas boilers.
  — Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
• The boiler was located in the north end of the basement of the building.
  — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2022
• Neglect left the roof in bad shape and its boiler no longer works.
  — Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• The mansion uses spring water from the area and a biomass boiler to heat the home.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2022
• The wine rack was fashioned out of the old boiler system.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2021
• The space once was used to store fruit, wash laundry and fuel the steam heat boiler.
  — oregonlive, 20 May 2021
• Hence, why the Zojirushi water boiler is at the top of her gift list this year.
  — Kate McCarthy, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2019
• Place the bowl on top of the pan of water (this is a double-boiler setup).
  — Joanne Rosa, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2021
• On paper, a boiler suit sounds like an easy thing to wear this fall.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2022
• Not many people have seen the boilers in the back, and not many people have seen the debris field.
  — David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
• The building, which was a boiler factory, dates back to the 1860s.
  — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• Heat was sporadic, with a balky boiler that belched black smoke.
  — New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022
• The boilers are over 60 years old, and their life expectancy was 50 years.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
• Weeks later, in the early hours of Jan. 1, the building’s boiler burst.
  — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 9 June 2018
• Made a little bit of profit, fix the boiler and it’s been like that nonstop.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
• Snow up to the windows, wind blowing in through the cracks, wife banging on the boiler, 26-year-old Kipling sat down to write.
  — Nina Sovich, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2021
• There was smoke rising above the ground from this boiler in the floor for Dragonstone.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• Here’s how: Turn the thermostat all the way down to prevent the boiler from cranking up.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 11 Dec. 2018
• An old boiler area, one that hasn't been used in years, also had enough gaps to open a path inside.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021
• One worker tends the boiler and stuffs plastic into the fire while others steam the soybeans and skim off the pulp.
  — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
• Though friendly, the boiler man was a Nazi who could take it into his head to denounce him.
  — David Pryce-Jones, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
• The burners and boiler are at the very heart of the system used to generate electricity, so futzing around with them is anathema to power plant operators.
  — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
• If the pilot proves fruitful, the brewery will change the remaining boilers and gradually replace the natural gas used to make steam with renewable electricity.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024