scald

I eat it standing, careful not to scald my tongue.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

If they get a burn or scald that is very large or deep, is on the face, genitals or bottom, the NHS advises to contact your nearest A&E or to call 999.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Leo’s veterinarian said in his case file that he had been losing weight throughout the year and had urine scald, a condition the vet said couldn’t be treated in the lab setting.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

I take a big gulp of hot tea myself, scald my mouth, and swallow hard.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Sy Baumgartner, a 70-year-old professor of philosophy at Princeton, scalds his hand at the stove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Staff nurse John Davies said the burns centre saw 20-30 patients with scalds from hot water bottles every year.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2022

One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station.

From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016

While scalds and falls on tile can inflict serious harm in the bathroom, modern kitchen appliances and gadgets offer many more opportunities for injury.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013

This time it's an acidic substance that scalds my throat and makes its way into my nose as well.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

The award harks back to civil court judgments against McDonald’s after a jury in 1994 awarded $3 million to an Albuquerque woman who was scalded by hot coffee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2025

"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

He worked the first three innings scoreless, allowing a scalded double to Yordan Alvarez in the first inning for the only hit.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023

Will, too, felt the pain where his dæmon had been, a scalded place of acute tenderness that every breath tore at with cold hooks.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

The windows were leaky, which means big trouble in North Dakota’s frigid winters and scalding summers.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

She says she did not pursue a complaint because she feared that being a junior member of the team, "chances were, I'd be booted off the production, and he may have only got a scalding".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

“Starbucks has shown a reckless disregard for the safety of its customers, continuing to serve scalding hot coffee in defective cups despite countless reports and warnings,” Evans’ attorney Nick Rowley said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

As she sprinkled water on the cloth and tilted her head right and left to avoid the scalding steam, she and Father talked to us about their own schooling.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat