scald

Example Sentences

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I turn on the one next to her, crank it to almost scalding, and squeeze some shampoo from the dispenser into my hand.

From Literature

“I’m not safe around anybody. I can’t even pass a cup of scalding hot coffee to my wife without spilling it on the dog. ... I don’t trust myself around anybody anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times

A record-breaking heat wave is scalding California, with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir: its snowpack.

From Los Angeles Times

I sipped the scalding tea, then struggled to my feet.

From Literature

“It was a hot wind, a scalding wind,” she went on.

From Literature