Examples of steamer in a Sentence
We rode a steamer down the Mississippi.
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Always empty the reservoir after using the steamer.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
But while salons have offered steam treatments as a curly hair staple for decades, at-home steamers have been too bulky (attempting to replicate in-salon domes) or too hard to use, requiring you to wrestle your curls into heated thermal caps, a battle that’s easy to lose.
—Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Nearby lies the Francisco Morazán, a 247-foot-long freighter that smashed into rocks during a 1922 snowstorm; on the same tank, divers can drop by the Walter L. Frost, a wooden steamer that ran aground in 1903, and watch for cold-water fish that congregate on the wrecks, such as eel-like burbots.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Unlike a steamer, Bounce’s spray is tiny enough to go inside your toiletry bag, which saves so much room in your carry-on.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
But while salons have offered steam treatments as a curly hair staple for decades, at-home steamers have been too bulky (attempting to replicate in-salon domes) or too hard to use, requiring you to wrestle your curls into heated thermal caps, a battle that’s easy to lose.
—Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Nearby lies the Francisco Morazán, a 247-foot-long freighter that smashed into rocks during a 1922 snowstorm; on the same tank, divers can drop by the Walter L. Frost, a wooden steamer that ran aground in 1903, and watch for cold-water fish that congregate on the wrecks, such as eel-like burbots.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Unlike a steamer, Bounce’s spray is tiny enough to go inside your toiletry bag, which saves so much room in your carry-on.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamer. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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steamer
noun
steam·er
ˈstē-mər 
1
: a container in which something is steamed
2
a
: a ship driven by steam
b
: an engine, machine, or vehicle run by steam
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