Kettle

//ˈkɛ.təl//

"Kettle" in a Sentence (17 examples)

The fire isn't very hot, so it won't heat the kettle.

The pot can't call the kettle black.

The pot calls the kettle black.

She put a kettle on the gas.

She left the kitchen with the kettle boiling.

Wait till the kettle begins to sing.

The kettle is whistling on the stove.

The kettle is steaming.

The kettle is boiling.

The kettle must be boiling.

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To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.

There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

a kettle of hawks

Kettles can consist of thousands of birds migrating together.

Life for senior officers has been made much easier by the use of counter-terrorism powers, which enable them to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling, is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.

A couple of the initial pepper spray incidents went viral on YouTube, one showing very young women screaming hysterically while penned—or is the term for this ‘kettled’?—by bright orange police mesh.

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