How to Use kiln in a Sentence

kiln

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  • There isn’t much time for the raw clay to harden in the kiln.
    — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Most of them were built, dried, glazed, then fired in a kiln.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Thus, the kiln gun, which fired a monstrous charge of No.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Some of these places only fire up the kiln once a year.
    — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2018
  • The kiln, which can fit on the back of a small trailer, weighs more than 1,500 pounds.
    — New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • Both young and old use the art room's kiln to bake pottery.
    — Maria Carter, Woman's Day, 15 Oct. 2015
  • The milled wood is air dried for at least a year, and then dried in a kiln for a few weeks to kill the bugs.
    — Martina Schimitschek, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • But even with the kiln, Mr. Zakharchuk needed the know-how.
    — New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • Of course, there's always the chance that a piece might not make it out of the kiln intact.
    — Sarah Bonnette, NOLA.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • I was stationed on one side of the kiln that had a round opening the size of two fists.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 21 July 2017
  • Fresh wood is stacked to dry, or put in a kiln if there’s a rush order.
    — Deborah Storey | For Al.com, al, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Many were artists from the Kent area, who, once a year, use Brown’s anagama kiln.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • The soft clay then has to be fired, which might require a trip to your local kiln.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2018
  • The school also has an art room that comes with a full kiln for pottery projects.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And unlike a cement kiln that has to run all the time and stay hot, this process could run when the wind blows and the sun shines.
    — Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Beauty nerds know that clay ain't just for pre-schoolers or the kiln.
    — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 12 July 2017
  • And each kiln process varies as much as the works born from every unique firing.
    — Ryan Dyer, Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020
  • That heat could then be used to, say, heat a limestone kiln to make cement.
    — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In the wood kiln, our palette was limited to browns and dark greens.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The brick kiln, for instance, is rumored to be built on the site of a mass grave, as though it were fueled by the lives of the poor.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Visitors can watch how pots are fired in Raku kilns and then buy and glaze a pot for $10.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Made of clay and sand, and fired in a kiln, bricks have been used to construct durable buildings for more than 7,000 years.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Qualley sent her mug off to the kiln and prepared for the bike ride back to her apartment, in the East Village.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The transportation of the kiln took from Wednesday to Monday.
    — Ashley Savage, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2023
  • Burn biomass or waste to heat the kiln instead of fossil fuel.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • An art studio, complete with kiln, has taken shape in what was the garage over the past few years.
    — Steve Bennett, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
  • To make the Egg, the shape is set using a plaster mold, after which it’s cleaned, fired in a kiln, waxed and glazed — and fired again.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2021
  • That’s true of the musical guests, many of whom found fame online and aren’t kiln-fired in the glare of camera lights.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The corridor was dug into the ground and had six steps, connecting the kiln to what is believed to be a track.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
  • Traditionally, heating limestone in a kiln to produce lime results in 1 lb of CO2 emitted for every lb of cement produced.
    — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024

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