Example Sentences

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A record-breaking heat wave is scalding California, with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir: its snowpack.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The windows were leaky, which means big trouble in North Dakota’s frigid winters and scalding summers.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

She says she did not pursue a complaint because she feared that being a junior member of the team, "chances were, I'd be booted off the production, and he may have only got a scalding".

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

Then I thought of taking sips of Papa’s tea, love sips, the scalding liquid that burned his love onto my tongue.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie