at the boiling point
Example Sentences
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“We’re definitely at the boiling point, whether it’s the housing crisis, whether it’s quality of life, which is exacerbated by the worst traffic congestion in America, or the affordability crisis,” said Supervisor Aaron Peskin.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2019
If a substance is in a closed container at the boiling point, then the liquid is boiling and the gas is condensing at the same rate without net change in their relative amount.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
With tempers at the boiling point, Colonel Beck went back to Warsaw, and from Berlin arrived Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, looking, as usual, highly pleased with himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
His E Street Band helps keep things always at the boiling point.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the article has genius and fire, we must admit that; and in the present excitement of B., which is already at the boiling point, it will be like a spark in a powder-keg.
From A Hero of the Pen by Werner, E.
