scald
verb (used with object)
to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
had been scalding
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past perfect progressiveof scald.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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And Glory walked out into the milk room with the pans she had been scalding.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
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