boil
verb (used without object)
to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise.
am boiling
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present progressiveof boil (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Well—I—I want to know—the fact is, I—I am boiling over with love!"
From Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Ella Cheever Thayer
I'm boiling over, that's what I am, boiling over.
From The Altar Steps by Compton MacKenzie
I am boiling warm beer with butter, Will you be my guest for supper?'
From Grimm's Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm
I am boiling sap on the old stove set up here in the chip yard.
From My Boyhood by John Burroughs
I am boiling, I am dying with impatience at your delays.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
