scald

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

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

The NHS advises to call 111 if your child has a burn or scald, and you are not sure what to do.

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

The scald crow on his shoulder lifts black-tipped wings and beats the air.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Page views on burns and scalds and how to treat them also increased.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

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

The day in and day out of needle pricks, scalds, and raw-skinned hands from cooking and scrubbing was wearing on me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"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

An estimated 100,000 children scalded yearly by hot food and beverages.

From Salon ● Dec. 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

I heated the big kettle of water and poured it into the galvanized tub and sat in it like a scalded potato, alone in this world, just crying.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

So even if scalding hot drinks might increase someone's risk, the chances of them developing the cancer are still low.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

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

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

To commit myself to the hours of driving and parking and asking questions and making sure that various shower heads expelled the scalding hot water I required.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025

A deep-dish sit-down in a tub with scalding water is a pure joy.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck