How To Use Steam In A Sentence

Combine the corn with steamed green vegetables like asparagus and offer baked potatoes to ensure the children don't go hungry.
It's penguins, albatrosses, caracaras, steamer ducks and a couple of endemic small jobs you've come for.
A view of the steam-chest side of the cylinder is given in Figure 323, and a horizontal cross section of the cylinder, the steam-chest and the valves, is shown in Figure 324. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
The snowy dome of Fujisan reddening in the sunrise rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama Harbour on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan — a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
The use of steam-driven bellows in blast furnaces helped ironmakers switch over from charcoal (limited in quantity) to coke, which is made from coal, in the smelting of pig iron.

Hassan in frequently going to sleep in one town, to awake in another far distant, but without the benighted Oriental's surprise at the transfer, the afrit who performed this prodigy being a steam-engine, and the magician it obeyed the human mind. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
Between 1906 and 1907, this wide-ranging businessman established steam-powered tramways in various localities across Japan.
After just the right wait, they arrived, each accompanied by a side dish of steamed vegetables.
It was the last big wreck of the steam era on the C.P.R., occurring shortly before I began railroading.
A Dry Cappuccino is a double shot of espresso with little or no steamed milk, but frothed milk on top.
Appropriately, he spends most of his days on tramp steamers, skiffs and barges.
Those with a higher metabolism tend to exercise and let off steam more often. The Sun
Leo Nocentelli, co-founder of the Meters and New Orleans guitar legend, may not have turned Blues Alley into the steamiest place in Georgetown on Wednesday night when he re-ignited "Fire On The Bayou. In concert: The Meters Experience at Blues Alley
Use immersion blender or cappuccino machine steam attachment to froth the carrot foam mixture.
Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen transforms plain chickpea flour into a steaming hot bowl of Methi Pitla with the addition of a handful of aromatic methi leaves. Archive 2007-04-01
Big steamshovels dug up the ore and loaded it onto the cars and brought it into what they called the washer, where it was washed. Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, February 3, 1976. Interview G-0040-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Imagine you are making jam and have gotten to the point where you pour the steaming liquor of fruit, sugar, and pectin into the jars.
If you want the greatest nutritional value from your corn, how should you eat it: raw, quickly steamed or thoroughly cooked?
Movements like onshoring, pushed by the current administration, have gained steam as the jobs market remains anemic.
A large amount of capital was required to transform forges into modern iron and steel industries, equip the shipyards to build steamships, and move from small workshops to modern factories.
Unless we can supply our forward units, the advance is in danger of running out of steam.
Hiding out in or near steamy rivers and swamps in South America east of the Andes from Colombia to Paraguay and also on the island of Trinidad, these semiaquatic serpents are the largest snakes in the world.
In order to prevent this happening, most recipes suggest ‘washing’ the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush to brush down any undissolved sugar; easier still is to put a lid on the pan and let steam do the trick.
Soon the children were all armed with steaming cups and saucers.
The only sign of life there today came from a mouldy old caravan, all steamy windows and grimed with neglect, where a radio was playing Sunday morning music of the popular kind.
No. 1057 represented the final years of steam with a Pyle National headlight centred on the smokebox door and a standard tender.
They were a teacher's only refuge: a place to let off steam or have a crafty cigarette between lessons. Times, Sunday Times
The decade following saw the first railway train arrive from the East, the first C.P.R. steamship anchored in port, the Klondike "boom," and the great mining industries of British Columbia well under way. Canadian Cities of Romance
Compared to say, high fantasy, it is actully pretty hard to find good (or any) material in steampunk (and other smaller genres). Genre dilettante «
Then there are the inevitable rice and noodles dishes such as steamed rice, vegetable fried rice and dragon fried noodles and Chinese chopsuey.
This building also repaired tenders in steam days; a much taller section of the roof allowed boilers to be stood on end for riveting.
A highlight of the visit is the steam train rides along the centre's short standard gauge track.
Pictures, diagrams, tables and models are used to explain the evolution of engines from steam through diesel to electric traction.
The first examples of the Western Region's main line diesel-hydraulics had appeared the previous year and Cornwall was planned to be one of the first areas of BR to banish steam altogether.
Steam condenses / is condensed into water when it touches a cold surface.
If that's not enough, you can book ahead to fire up and drive a steam engine for yourself. Times, Sunday Times
DEEP in the rolling Hampshire countryside is a farm that produces cheese from a steaming herd of buffalo. The Sun
I had to learn under my own steam away from the glare of attention. The Sun
Worldwide, the search for an 'anti-ageing pill' is gathering steam.
It runs out of steam towards the end but until then this is ultraviolent but ultra-cool. The Sun
Vick proceeded to steamroller the board in the manner to which we have by now become accustomed.
By the late 1880s there was nothing terribly mysterious about getting a steam hammer to deliver a blow of so many tons.
The guns of the Thunder Child sounded through the reek, going off one after the other, and one shot splashed the water high close by the steamer, ricocheted towards the other flying ships to the north, and smashed a smack to matchwood. The War of The Worlds
Labour has not run out of radical steam, he says. Times, Sunday Times
Restoration of the paddle steamer will involve stripping the entire front third of the vessel before repairing the hull and refurbishing the engines.
More than 200 people gathered outside his home on the outskirts of Bolton as a steam-powered cavalcade flanked by police motorcycle outriders escorted him on his final journey.
The kitchen was beclouded with steam.
No sooner had a bowl of steaming spaghetti vongole been placed in front of me than Matt, in a moment of open-armed expansiveness while trying to press home a point, had knocked the entire thing into my lap.
Greatly reduced steamship passages, only £3 payable before sailing. THE MAIN CAGES
It was laden with two bowls of steaming chilli, a monstrous plate of salad, and several side dishes of onion, cheese, sour cream, and cubed bread.
Nuclear power plants used enriched uranium as fuel to make steam to turn turbines which generate electricity.
By this method, sulpho-compounds of the glyceride are first formed, which readily emulsify with water, and, on treatment with steam, liberate fatty acids, the glycerol remaining partly in the form of glycero-sulphuric acid. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
Cover with a thick layer of seaweed, and a piece of old canvas, blanket, carpet, or dry leaves, to keep in the steam.
For the health conscious, we recommend one of the baked Indian breads or steamed rice with a side dish of choice.
Essentially, they were in their own little humid, steamy room.
Steam rose from the hot tub.
In the book Steam Cars 1770-1970 Lord Montagu of Beauleiu and Antony Bird describe this tricar as follows.
And to get pulses racing from the off, there is a very steamy smooch between the pair in episode one. The Sun
Thick, juicy cod fillets are steamed over water that is intensely flavoured with a medley of spices, fresh herbs and aromatics.
We often went to the park for picnics, sitting on the cannon in the sun, marvelling at the dewy luminescence of the bleeding heart begonias in the steamy green light of the conservatory.
The Icelandic volcano EyjafjallajÃ¶kull, which generated by far the most buzz on the show floor, landed a seven-figure deal for a memoir that will cover its early days as a steam-venting fumarole right through to its headline-making eruption. Laurence Hughes: Things I'd Like to See This Weekend on C-SPAN's "Book TV"
Add two teaspoonfuls of a mentholated rub and gently inhale the steaming mentholated vapours.
Do you want a lift or will you get there under your own steam?
As I tucked into this steaming Bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, I swear I heard the seals give a loud bark of disapproval.
Her tears began to intermingle with the steam and perspiration; her hair hung in a tangled mop of sweat on her brow. INSIDERS
Later, it was revealed that a steam generator detected a lowered water level as the result of the leak.
You'll get delicate, herb-infused fish steamed gently in their own juices.
Before the advent of steamships, there were merchant sailors who seemed to be a ‘higher’ and somehow more regal member of their class.
There'll be steam coming off the Bernina e'er long. 47 entries from February 2008
The solid sludge is siphoned off and burnt in a steam engine to produce enough electricity to process the next batch of waste. Times, Sunday Times
Hurrell helped established the identity of many actresses and actors and created an iconography of steamy sexuality with dreamy glamour.
The instructions as to sterilisation are rarely given in full; the routine method of exposure in the steam steriliser at 100° C. (without pressure) for twenty minutes on each of three successive days for all fluid media, and thirty minutes on each of three successive days for all liquefiable or solid media must be carried out; and only when these general rules are to be departed from are further details given. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
The kitchen was beclouded with steam.
Steam and hot water erupt from geysers.
Steam and hot water erupt from geysers.
If spots seem dried on, boil water in a glass cup a few minutes; steam should loosen soil.
Great ships and tankers steam by. Times, Sunday Times
Handvo" is a cherished gujarati recipe which can be called a savoury steamed vegetable cornmeal cake, and is filled with several nutritious ingredients. Handvo - Healthy Vegetable Cornmeal Cake
More than 100 people packed a lecture theatre at the Steam Museum to hear the MPs underline their commitment to the war and listen to the views of their constituents.
The equipment includes sterile filtration, aseptic spray drying, secondary drying and vial filling, as well as terminal sterilization systems, lyophilisation, WFI and clean steam production utilities. Undefined
Presumably, stucco decoration was more resistant to steam than fresco.
Who wants a rubber duck when you can play with a miniature ocean liner or toy paddle steamer? Times, Sunday Times
Steam the vegetables lightly.
I wonder if it derives in any way from steam engines. Times, Sunday Times
Steam turbines use steam raised in a boiler as the gas that turns the blades.
During the tour visitors walk to an impressive overlook to peer into the ill-omened pools of bubbling, black, steaming liquid.
The ancient sidewheel steamer was small and there were few passengers on the upper deck, forward. Janice Day at Poketown
Pro-hunters fear that if peers refuse to back the Commons this time the Government will use the Parliament Acts to steamroller a ban into law.
Everywhere you look outside, there are turrets and spires, while inside the tearooms serve Clootie dumplings (a rich, steamed fruit pudding).
It's a way to let off steam, and Eddie's got so much steam that it's fogging the windows.
Popocatepetl, is in the condition of a _solfatara_, sending out jets of steam and sulphurous acid gas. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern
The crowd froze as a swarm of Steamers jerseys surged towards the Canterbury line and the clock ticked into the red a converted try was all that was needed to keep the Ranfurly Shield at home.
The steam locomotive was travelling backwards from Rawtenstall to Ramsbottom, pulling three carriages carrying 20 passengers.
These depths consist of vast mountain ranges, deep canyons, mighty steaming lava flows.
Several days later, spotting the crow's nest of the ship over the headland of Cape Evans, they lit a fire as a signal for the ship to steam back and pick them up.
For more than a mile the beach was littered with wrecked ships, including debris from the steamer Curaca which was thrown across the full width of the narrows.
We met at Prefab, on a cold, blusterous winter's day, over steaming bowls of excellent chowder and chunks of crusty bread.
I held my breath and submerged myself under the steaming water.
Instead of circulating warm air throughout a home, a hydronic system pumps hot water or steam from a boiler through pipes and radiators or copper-finned baseboard radiators, and then returns it to be reheated and recirculated.
Apparently, the steaming process reduces the size of the brisket but maximizes the flavor.
By the 1890s, they had installed steam power in order to boost the power from the Frome.
Steam rose from her mug of cocoa.
the steamer went astern at half speed
As my train arrived, the monsoon abruptly stopped, the sun came out, leaving me gently steaming on platform five at Reading.
Steam catapults are labour intensive, while an electromagnetic aircraft-launch system appears to promise a reduction in the number of personnel involved.
The windows have clouded up in the steam.
Every person who stands up in protest against the plans makes it that little bit more awkward for the powers-that-be to steamroller ahead.
Garnish with fresh coriander and serve with steamed jasmine rice. The Sun
Iceland is a land of extremes: milky-blue geothermal waters steaming in vast expanses of hardened lava next to bright green mossy hills and waterfalls.
He stayed in the shadows while the scant dozen passengers disembarked from the wooden-hulled steam-powered passenger ferry Virginia V, just in from Seattle via the Colvos Passage. Excerpt: Spade & Archer by Joe Gores
Massage oils, poultices, steam inhalations, sitz, hand, body and foot baths, gargles and room sprays are the most common methods of administration.
It invariably takes me by surprise when I enter a steamy greenhouse in winter and my glasses fog up. Times, Sunday Times
I was quite tired when I made it home after eight, had a nice curried chicken with steamed callaloo and white rice for dinner.
They had trodden a path to the steam.
Try the mango pudding, which came on steaming dry ice, but skip the affogato, which tastes like coffee grounds mixed with milk and sugar. Finicky Traveler: The Gramercy Park Hotel
Steam the corn until it can easily be pierced with a fork.
The technology came from England, where steam locomotives were first used to haul cars along tracks at the beginning of the century. America Past and Present
She was exhausted and she needed a hot, steaming shower to loosen her tense muscles.
We walked through a yak herder's camp where great black beasts snorted columns of white steam.
Then potter about in a fluffy robe and visit the gym, sauna and steam room. The Sun
He said the 41 ft long steam engine, with a flywheel 14 ft in diameter, was in very good condition.
In the 1850s and 1860s Glasgow engine builders set to work to solve the problem of steam at sea, the fact that marine boilers could only produce steam from sea water at low pressures.
It is clearly time that the Lake Management planned for size regulations designed differentially for private vessels and those steamers commercially carrying passengers around the lake.
It is true that had I packed all my belongings in one huge box the same company would have conveyed them to the steamer for one and eightpence, which is the regular charge per package. America To-day, Observations and Reflections
The term horsepower was coined by James Watt (1736-1819), the Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer renowned for his improvements of the steam engine. Horsepower hour
The Coalbrookdale Company had smelted its last iron in the area by 1821, and that year had dismantled the Resolution steam engine that pumped water up the dale to power the furnace bellows.
The sidewheeler was as modem a steamship as any, but she was still a ship, one that would soon put to sea. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
The story is a steamroller, flattening everything in order to make its ‘big ironic point’.
A few thought a steamer might hazard the crossing.
Put the peppers in a brown paper bag and seal the bag to steam them.
The area of the Lower Main, for eight decades synonymous with mobsters, hookers, dive bars and steamies, can now be officially known as The Target.
All sorts of casseroles, stews and braised dishes work well cooked in just one pot, but you can also consider soup for starters and steamed or baked sponge pudding afterwards.
As I type, an angry thunderstorm is rolling across the skies and the rain is lashing down onto the scorched pavements; now gently steaming.
We chose the fried calamari and an order of cabo, an eggplant dish, from an interesting list that included bruschetta, quesadillas, ceviche and steamed mussels.
Slowly, with a cacophony of noise and steam and crunching power, we pulled away. Times, Sunday Times
In cold weather, when there is a roaring fire in the range, the water frequently becomes so hot that it "steams" out of open faucets. General Science
Placing bets and calling bluffs, it's a way to blow off steam from a rigorous course schedule, a camaraderie they all share. Whatever Happened To ... Derek O'Dell, Virginia Tech shooting survivor
Before dawn they sa w her lights steaming over the southern horizon. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
And holiday homeowners also get their own country club with steam room, whirlpool bath, sauna and fitness room. The Sun
What is happening to the campaigning steamroller that was going to propel the new prophets of technocratic and meritocracy craving Labor into power?
An hour south is the Blue Lagoon, a lake with steam vents that has been developed into a beach, healing bath, and beauty spa with deck chairs, a bar, a cafeteria, massages, mud packs, and even a gift shop.
Little jets of steam spurted from the engine.
Steam leeks for 6-8 min until tender when pierced. Times, Sunday Times
The steam and power shower in the master suite has its own light show. Times, Sunday Times
One group unpacked a sumptuous meal of steaming lasagna and other gourmet delights, along with the requisite bottle of vintage wine.
It consists of plain steamed rice served with beef stew, salted eggs, fried beancurd, tempeh, cucumber, basil, mung beans and chili sauce.
Almost all the work here is done with minimal equipment: Chinese cleavers, wooden blocks, steamers and woks.
The steam then extracts the aromatic oils (volatile oils) and the distillate is collected.
Because the little wells trap in moisture, the burgers don't get any kind of sear on them-they more or less steam in their own juices-but for sliders, that's not a particularly bad thing. A Hamburger Today
Back then England were steamrollering sides and we were told that they were unbeatable, especially as we were playing them at Twickenham.
The dim sum was contained in small bamboo food steamers, tiny but delightful, so that you could order varied dishes.
The causative prions are resistant to steam sterilization, dry heat, ethylene oxide gas, and chemical disinfection with either formaldehyde or glutaraldehyde, as normally used in the health care environment.
Steam rose slowly from cooling streets mingling with viscous fog, enshrouding lubricious night. Torn Among These Lovers
Mrs King went to the big black stove and ladled out steaming soup.
Abe Lincoln, the steam-powered emancipator (link roundup) Archive 2009-01-01
The motion was steamrollered through in the lower chamber.
If you set your pelorus, so that it will exactly coincide with the course you are steaming as shown by the compass in your chart house and then get a bearing of the sun by noting where the shadow from the pelorus vane cuts the circumference, this bearing will be the bearing of the sun by compass. Lectures in Navigation
You may use steamed and mashed homemade foods or baby foods from jars.
With the flavours intensifying as the food simultaneously steams and roasts, and no juices lost or boiled away, the end result is bags of flavour (sorry).
Season to taste, garnish with fresh coriander and serve on a bed of steaming hot white rice. The Sun
The artwork on the site gives the game world a decidedly fantasy flair, but also with what could be steampunk elements.
Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas Some are ornate, others as understatedly handsome as a steamer trunk. Sometimes It's Not Just a Cigar Box
Then, by means of a sudden expansion of the air, which was saturated with steam, he effected a condensation of the steam on the electrically charged small particles, the size of which he could calculate from the velocity with which they sank. Nobel Prize in Physics 1906 - Presentation Speech
While the meat barbecued and the cooking pots steamed, the captain explained to me the use of a large earthenware jar.
Why is it difficult to degenerate (breakdown) plastics so it can be harmless to the environment? ortho-nitrophenol is steam volatile while para-nitrophenol is not. what is the reason behind this? en Español Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
For the first time in its history, a Channel 4 programme became the talk of the steamie and the bingo hall crowd as well as the city wine bar and the gay night club.
The success of the novel thus depends on the balance of the supernatural/steampunk/mystery combination and how well they interrelate. REVIEW: The Osiris Ritual by George Mann
By this simple arrangement the pump is rendered positive in its action; that is, it will instantly start and continue working the moment steam is admitted to the steam-chest, while at the same time the piston is enabled to move as slowly as the nature of the duty may require. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
He filled his writings with discussions of plows, air pumps, compasses, canal locks, balloons and steam power.
The steamed bread has dried out.
They were steaming hot, right out of the big hoya he had them wrapped in and we bought more for additional meals. Observaciones desde El Cervantino en Guanajuato
Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes.
Try to resist the temptation to top up your blood sugar levels with chocolate and keep your diet light, choosing lightly-cooked or steamed vegetables and fish, nuts, seeds, pulses and brown rice.
The mix of the supernatural, steampunk and traditional brings a unique narrative that continues to entertain during the whole experience. The Sun
The steam will loosen the dirt and the lemon will make the microwave smell fresh. The Sun
Having coaled, Luce left Otranto behind, and with Glasgow and Monmouth steamed north up the Chilean coast. Castles of Steel
This process employs potassium carbonate as an absolvent and can be uniquely integrated with the power plant steam cycle by using the waste steam or low-quality steam from the power plant. U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases
And when you want a bite to eat you can head on over to John's camp oven for a steaming plate of stew and damper.
A topographical map of Michigan makes the state look as if someone steamrolled it with heavy equipment, then rumpled the northwest corner.
I got a hint from my mom in Japan to steam the frozen unagi in foil with sake in a frying pan for a bit 10 minish, then finish with pouring scolding hot water and close up the foil, to wash away the excess grease. Tuna Toast
As building work on a £400,000 recreation of historic cottages in Leigh goes full steam ahead plans are already afoot to get the buildings listed.
The movement for reparations from countries engaged in the African slave trade is building up a head of steam.
If the policies of these two disparate figures often have a tweedledum-and-tweedledee-ish look to them, then what we face is not specific party politics or individual style, but a system with its own steamroller force, and its own set of narrow, repetitive “solutions” to our problems. Tom Engelhardt: Living in the 51st State (of Denial)
With a rapid, jingling drive to the harbour in a two - wheeled machine (which Captain Mitchell called a curricle) behind a fleet and scraggy mule beaten all the time by an obviously Neapolitan driver, the cycle would be nearly closed before the lighted-up offices of the O.S. N. Company, remaining open so late because of the steamer. Nostromo: a Tale of the Seaboard
Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away.
Save the water from the steaming process in a covered container and refrigerate it.
Long colourful dresses are the style embodiment of hot days and steamy nights, so save the maxi until the mercury rises. Times, Sunday Times
plastic highly resistant to steam and water
Afterwards, toast marshmallows while enjoying steaming hot chocolate or coffee.
The steamer will go west by north.
At one time, over 300 paddlewheel steamboats plied the Delta.
Small Hawaiian food eateries offer easy-to-try mini-dishes of roasted kalua pig and poi, sweet potatoes, squid lu'au, and steamed fish.
Smoke blasts through chimneys and the odd crevice, as if to remind you that this machine belongs to the era of steam power.
Besides the icing cakes, the bakers have steamed a plum pudding that may well rock the regular variety.
The following morning Mr. Pontellier was up in good time to take the rockaway which was to convey him to the steamer at the wharf. The Awakening
The weather was fantastic, and the whole place seemed a thousand miles from home, especially when the steam trains chuffed past.
First, the chef prepares the ground with a barrage of giant popovers - steaming Yorkshire puddings as big as elephant knuckles, and weighted on their tops with crusts of Gruyère cheese.
Steam or bake winter squash of your choice, then mash with butter and serve as a colorful alternative to mashed potatoes.
The home side however steamed ahead from early on with a good cross in from Michael Clowry which was finished in style by Cathal O'Brien.
The film of steam combined with the patina of dirt on the glass made them almost opaque.

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