scald

Example Sentences

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I parked on a scalding day in late winter at an outdoor lot in downtown L.A. surrounded by corporate skyscrapers, the sidewalks lined with housing encampments.

From Los Angeles Times

In the shower, I relish the sensation of scalding water against my skin.

From Literature

The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.

From The Wall Street Journal

“You have to scald the tomatoes and then you smash them!”

From Literature

And then suddenly—WHOOSH—they were out of the scalding heat, out of the roaring, crackling din of the inferno.

From Literature