Example Sentences

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Many researchers believe furnacelike tokamaks are a better design for commercial power because they can sustain longer fusion “burns.”

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2022

Some, like Mr. Perez, died outdoors, lacking acclimation to the sudden furnacelike air around them.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021

But on some nights, like Wednesday, when it was a furnacelike 99 degrees, the rigors of a long season are evident.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2015

But Sean O’Gorman never needs to endure a furnacelike cabin.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2015

For eight hours a day, he dangled on a rope in the furnacelike heat of the canyon, pounding at the wall of rock in front of him.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown