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How to use sauna in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, verb

Sauna means a room or a house designed for heat sessions. Example: “The hotel has a sauna in the basement.”

Examples of sauna by meaning

nounA room or a house designed for heat sessions.

  • The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
  • Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough.2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tyler, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in...
  • As health-conscious Americans have jumped headfirst into saunas, some Europeans have at times also found themselves a little baffled by their fellow steam lovers’ behavior, worried a millennia-old tradition is being warped by American wellness culture.2026 January 18, Kristy Alpert, “The Europeans Have Some Notes About American Sauna Culture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from...

nounThe act of using a sauna.

  • John had a sauna after his swim.
  • Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
  • One of my favorite saunas was just one go and thirteen minutes long, including clean up time.2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tony, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in...

nounIn some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial)...

  • McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 250

verbTo use a sauna.

  • “It would be a total no-no to go to a sauna in Austria with your bathing suit, and an insult to wear workout clothes.” She now saunas at home.2026 January 18, Kristy Alpert, “The Europeans Have Some Notes About American Sauna Culture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

More sentences with sauna

  • A wide range of facilities is available at the sports center, including a weight room and saunas.From the entry facility
  • A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.From the entry sweating
  • “Sauna blankets claim to help de-stress, detox and reduce inflammation,” says Dr Perry.2022 March 16, Lauren Clark, “The best sauna blankets, for giving your mind and body the spa treatment (at home)”, in Glamour UK, archived…. From the entry sauna blanket
  • Both saunas offer discount to the under 26’s, and provide clean towels and robes.1991, Laurence Phillips, “Sex, Mags and Videotape”, in Paris Scene: Gay Eurocity Guide, GMP Publishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry betowelled
  • The hammams or Turkish saunas, decorated most un-Islamically with erotic mosaics, paintings, or statues, were a meeting point for many homosexuals.2010 September 30, Ibn Warraq, Why I Am Not a Muslim, Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, →ISBN. From the entry un-Islamically
  • A central daily event in men's lives was the firebath, which was like a sauna with intense radiant heat.1996, Chase Hensel, Telling Our Selves. From the entry firebath
  • The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN. From the entry banya
  • I was asked round once for dinner, and my tongue was hanging out at the sheer scale of it – complete with three bathrooms, two studies, and a sauna.2025 August 14, Anniki Sommerville, “I’m sick of my rich friends pretending that they’re struggling”, in The i Paper. From the entry study
  • The psychologist Paul Rozin lumps tearjerkers with other examples of benign masochism like smoking, riding on roller coasters, eating hot chili peppers, and sitting in saunas.2003, Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry tearjerker

Meaning of sauna

  1. noun A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
  2. noun The act of using a sauna.
  3. noun In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.

Full definition of sauna

Questions about sauna in a sentence

How do you use sauna in a sentence?
Sauna is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The hotel has a sauna in the basement.”
What is a short sentence with sauna?
“John had a sauna after his swim.”
What does sauna mean?
Sauna means a room or a house designed for heat sessions.

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