scald

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

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 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 think people think that a little extra sun will help their plants, but it will scald them because they are only used to being in a protected space,” Venice says.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

“You have to scald the tomatoes and then you smash them!”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

He said: "Even superficial burns, such as scalds, are very, very painful because the nerve endings are still exposed."

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

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

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

A South Los Angeles woman is suing Starbucks for negligence after she claims she was scalded at a drive-through window in Lynwood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

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

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023

So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 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

And then suddenly—WHOOSH—they were out of the scalding heat, out of the roaring, crackling din of the inferno.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz