scalding

Example Sentences

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Scalding and propulsive, Ms. Fuller always seems to be testing the limits of her own power — as if seeing if she can single-handedly overload your ear’s switchboard.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018

Or a cartoon exploding Pinto, cartoon cigarettes, cartoon asbestos, a cartoon depicting that historic moment in torts when a 190-degree cup of McDonald’s coffee burned Scalding Crusader Stella Liebeck.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2015

Scalding ash storms across to engulf me again.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Scalding tears gushed from the maiden's eyes, she shut the window that the surging of the distant sea might not reverberate in her dreams like a triumphal song of victorious love!

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

Scalding is done to loosen the skin of such food as peaches, plums, and tomatoes, so that they may be peeled easily.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences