Example Sentences

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A South Los Angeles woman is suing Starbucks for negligence after she claims she was scalded at a drive-through window in Lynwood.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

However, another called it a "vey good decision", saying they had always been "nervous" that they would be scalded.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

An estimated 100,000 children scalded yearly by hot food and beverages.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2023

So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

After the pigs were scalded in the big iron tripod kettle and their skins were scraped and white, Jody had to go to the water-tub to sit in the grass until his heart grew quiet.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck