boil
Example Sentences
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“This makes my blood boil. It’s ridiculous,” Dahle told his colleagues during a legislative hearing on the proposal.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022
“When you turn up the heat, the water starts to boil. And finally when the pressure gets too high, the kettle whistles. That’s us whistling, now, calling for justice for Jonathan.”
From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2015
Joe asked the Portuguese workers at a Fall River clam boil.*
From Time Magazine Archive
And I didn’t really get a chance to answer, because then she said, “I’m too hungry to wait for the spaghetti to boil. What do you say we eat cookies first?”
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
“Stoke the fire and set a pot of water to boil. Then come up here and fetch these dirty sheets.”
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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