How to Use radiator in a Sentence

radiator

noun
  • Dry heat from a radiator will do that to you.
    — Cora Frazier, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • One truck has a dozen tires and a spare radiator strapped to the hood.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Don't place your plant in a dry spot such as over a vent or radiator.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • So are the table tops and a bench that sits atop an old radiator.
    — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • There is also a chance that the bugs can clog your radiator grill.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • The basket on my radiator by the front door is filled with cast-off masks.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The boy’s death was not the first from steam bursting out of a radiator.
    — Liam Quigley, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Our jeans were soaked and wrinkled on the radiator, our socks heavy.
    — Richie Hofmann, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
  • My right foot was stuck in the radiator and there was water pouring out of it.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019
  • So the brewery was born in an old radiator shop more than seven years ago.
    — Jim Morrison, Smithsonian, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The car was towed due to disabling damage to the front hood and radiator.
    — Bill Kurtz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The radiators were set into the walls, with a metal grate that was screwed in.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Make sure the air vents or radiators in your home are not blocked or obstructed.
    — Chris Mueller, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Engines produce a lot of heat and the radiator keeps it cool.
    — Alex Leanse, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2020
  • This can include a sunspot, a radiator cover, or even a warm lap.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • Don't start the car unless the exhaust pipe and radiator grill are clear.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Plants don't want drafts of warm or cold air either way, so avoid keeping plants on the radiator.
    — Erin Huffstetler, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
  • 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 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 Cozy fits over a radiator and traps steam heat behind the cover.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • Radiant kerosene heaters heat objects in front of them (think of a radiator in a home).
    — John Sass, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Anyone else live with a radiator that is also a fire hazard?
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone else live with a radiator that is also a fire hazard?
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The warm blood in the organs is then pumped by your heart throughout the body, like a car radiator in reverse.
    — Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
  • As if the radiator’s been storing some of the power coming through it.
    — Karl Schroeder, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2024
  • In the morning, sunlight poured in, and the heat from the radiators made the curtains float.
    — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • Leaphorn then notices a radiator leak, and says that whoever sped off couldn't have gone far.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Large expanses of glass can counter the radiator's efforts to heat the room.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026

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