scald
Example Sentences
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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.
“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
“Day off,” he muttered, swallowing a too-large sip of the coffee and scalding his tongue.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
