boiling

Example Sentences

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If it weren’t for the fact that the water was near boiling, he would have thrown it across the small kitchen.

From Literature

"My heart is full of courage, my red blood is boiling; my brothers stand with me, this time we will rise," Shah said in his song, over a video of him campaigning for election.

From Barron's

But the key is the free energy you obtain by letting heat from the air outside do much of the heavy lifting in boiling the refrigerant when it is cold.

From BBC

"Till then, we are boiling the water for drinking," said the young sailor, who asked to be identified only by his last name, Pereira.

From Barron's

We hitched up Siren and Stentor to the spring wagon and off we went along the boiling roads.

From Literature