How to Use radiator in a Sentence

radiator

noun
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  • One truck has a dozen tires and a spare radiator strapped to the hood.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The radiator was turned off in there and the door was kept shut; its chill was a relief from the dry heat in the rest of the house.
    — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
  • The Era 2 is vented on five sides, and the case can take up to a 280mm radiator.
    — John Burek, PCMAG, 29 June 2024
  • The boy’s death was not the first from steam bursting out of a radiator.
    — Liam Quigley, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The engine is from a Corvette, the transaxle is from a 911 Porsche, the radiator is from a Honda Civic.
    — Kristina Pritchett, The Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2019
  • In the morning, sunlight poured in, and the heat from the radiators made the curtains float.
    — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
  • At the back, there’s a massive rear-mount radiator along with the 32-inch spare tire.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The car was towed due to disabling damage to the front hood and radiator.
    — Bill Kurtz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Don't place your plant in a dry spot such as over a vent or radiator.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • The basket on my radiator by the front door is filled with cast-off masks.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2021
  • So are the table tops and a bench that sits atop an old radiator.
    — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • The radiator is mounted up front and the coolant pipes pass through the cockpit at the bottom of the backbone.
    — Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The radiators were set into the walls, with a metal grate that was screwed in.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The gold buckle and a dial are in the shape of a Bugatti radiator grille.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 3 July 2022
  • There is also a chance that the bugs can clog your radiator grill.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • All of the iron came from old radiators in the David Whitney building.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2018
  • The Cozy fits over a radiator and traps steam heat behind the cover.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • My right foot was stuck in the radiator and there was water pouring out of it.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Our jeans were soaked and wrinkled on the radiator, our socks heavy.
    — Richie Hofmann, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
  • Don't start the car unless the exhaust pipe and radiator grill are clear.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The next morning, the radiator, the water heater, and all the light switches were useless things.
    — Sonia Faleiro, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • Engines produce a lot of heat and the radiator keeps it cool.
    — Alex Leanse, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2020
  • One of Daisy’s greatest joys was watching the birds on the roof of a neighboring building from the warmth of the radiator.
    — Megan Reynolds, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • That's the sound of the radiator in my pre-war apartment in New York City sputtering on for the season.
    — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 29 Nov. 2023
  • There's no engine to feed with air and few radiators to cool, so the body isn't scarred with intake ducts, scoops, or vents.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 June 2018
  • Walking into the sea, the cold raps my bones like someone cracking an old radiator with the side of a wrench.
    — Jessica Kerwin Jenkins, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2020
  • With that prompt, Rickover would fling the equipment or part at the radiator in his office.
    — WSJ, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Many plants won’t thrive in front of a super-drafty window or over a radiator, even if that’s where your best light is.
    — Alla Katsnelson, SELF, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Ground teams wiped the soot off of the craft's solar arrays and heat shield, then repainted portions of the capsule's radiators around the edge of Dragon's trunk section before rolling the vehicle back to the launch pad Friday.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The driver of the Taurus was apprehended after the car broke down, possibly because of a cracked radiator from speeding on a road with several deep ruts.
    — Jason Wolf, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024

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