How to Use blowtorch in a Sentence

blowtorch

noun
  • Is lighting your fire with a blowtorch overkill?
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove or open flame.
    — Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022
  • For a few seconds, use the blowtorch to set a couple of sage leaves on fire.
    — Caroline Portillo, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The hiss of the blowtorch and the screech of nearby trains were its soundtrack.
    — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Just watch this blowtorch rip through a brass lock that purports to be tough under fire.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2016
  • Claire used a blowtorch to smooth out the tops of her Reese’s peanut butter cups.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Even then some aren’t dead before they are boiled, butchered or roasted with a blowtorch.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 June 2022
  • Jack Leiter looks more like a blowtorch and less like a flameout.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • One worker used a large blowtorch to heat the rod used to bend artillery shells into shape.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Looks like we've been gifted a blowtorch for Christmas this year.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove or other open flame device.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove, or other open flame device.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove, or other open flame device.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove, or other open flame device.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Not even a reason for teams or coaches to fire blowtorches at each other.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • No team can carve the organs out of its fan base with a blowtorch and rusty pliers quite like the Browns.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The focus is raw fish, though there is the occasional flame smooch of a blowtorch.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2022
  • As the laser engaged the drone, the intense heat cut into the aircraft like a blowtorch.
    — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Officers found the van with the driver and also found a blowtorch.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2017
  • Using a blowtorch with a medium flame, toast the meringue until lightly browned all over.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Wilson went searching for the rock himself, using a blowtorch to melt away the snow, but had no luck.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The storm acted like a blowtorch, searing off leaves and stripping away topsoil.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Along the way, Paul takes a blowtorch to Carey’s face, burning off his eyebrows.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Not every change can be accomplished with mandates and a blowtorch.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • None of these drinks require obscure syrups, a blowtorch or a $70 shaker.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • As the victim lay on the floor, unable to move due to her injuries, the man lit a blowtorch and held the flame close to her leg.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 June 2022
  • Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove, or other open-flame device, which can cause a house fire.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The crowd pulls out their phones as Stember takes a small blowtorch and cooks the ends, and then tops the fish with mushrooms.
    — Tim Rohan, SI.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The man allegedly used the blowtorch to break into the device and steal money.
    — Cyndi Schramm, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Discarded by the truck were two grinders, a blowtorch, gasoline, gloves, a walkie-talkie, and a blanket.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025

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