boiling

Example Sentences

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“It does feel like the pot is continuing to boil and slowly boiling over,” said Flood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

"You've sold the team - now sell the club," chanted fans at Molineux in October as frustrations reached boiling point.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It’s almost like we’re seeing interpersonal deliberations that usually go on behind the curtain boiling over into public talks, which is extraordinarily unusual.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“Seems to me like a total own-goal,” says Ms. Worsley, once again boiling the past down to its essence, without belaboring the ironies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

And then Jonah felt the anger boiling up inside of him.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix