How to Use defroster in a Sentence

defroster

noun
  • Instead, warm up your car and turn on its defrosters.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This Prius badge is found in the heater coils of the rear defroster.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Then the second joint fell down around the windshield-wiper defroster slot.
    — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2024
  • While your defrosters are doing their job, use a soft brush to brush off any snow on your car and windshield.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • While your defrosters are doing their job, use a soft brush to brush off any snow on your car and windshield.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The ice did require a bit of effort, but it did get cleared without the help of the defroster.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Having to wait for the defroster to clear my windshield has held me up on quite a few occasions.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The robern medicine chest is six inches deep and has an automatic defroster.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2020
  • After ensuring that your windshield wipers are off, turn your car on and set your defrosters to high.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
  • After ensuring that your windshield wipers are off, turn your car on and set your defrosters to high.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • To begin, turn on your vehicle and allow the defroster to begin to work.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Check tire pressure, antifreeze levels, heater/defroster, etc. Learn how to shut off water valves for potential pipe bursts.
    — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Start the vehicle, set the defroster on low to medium and wait about 15 minutes.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • All the wee rides contain standard features like working wipers, radio, heater and defroster.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Turn on the heated seat, increase the temperature by two degrees, and start the defroster.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The heating element in the driver's seat worked at its whim, as did the side-mirror defrosters and the driving lights.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Using a snow brush and your car's defroster can help clear your vehicle safely and efficiently.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Use Your Car's Defroster If time permits, let your car's defroster do the heavy lifting.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The front defroster releases a blast of warm air right under the windshield, drying any condensation and melting snow and ice.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
  • That means picking targets — the seat belt chime, rolling stops, a windshield defroster — that may strike executives and even some owners as trivial.
    — Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The agency said the screens were a safety defect because backup cameras and windshield defroster controls could be disabled.
    — Tom Krisher, ajc, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Vic lowers his head to peer through the slot of visibility provided by the muttering dashboard defroster.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
  • Because using the defroster temporarily disables the start-stop system.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2021
  • If only there were a way to get your car’s fluids up to temperature—and get the heater and defroster going—before actually starting your engine.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 10 Dec. 2020
  • To the left and right of the knob are a few more haptic controls hiding behind glass, controlling specific functions like the rear-window defroster and suspension lift.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The same goes for making sure your battery, cooling system, heating system (including rear window defroster), brakes, belts, hoses, spark plugs, wires, and cables are all in good shape.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The issue is related to the assembly process for some vehicles due to the sealer used to secure the rear window coming in contact with the defroster's heating elements.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Not knowing how to use the speedometer, hand signals, emergency brake, hazard lights, high beams, windshield wipers and the defroster can result in 1 point for each of those with that new addition to the road test.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The rear portion of the top is a more or less conventional fabric-over-folding-frame structure; a welcome departure from convention is a glass rear window, complete with a defroster.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The systems could have electrical compressor failure, which can cause the defroster or defogger to be inoperative, increasing the risk of a crash, the recall notice said.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

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