Example Sentences

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“With little voice, my creative juices were boiling over and pouring out of me,” Kilmer wrote on the collective’s website.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

Across the country, fear and tension about environmental threats were boiling beneath the surface.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

At that time, in Northern Ireland, the Troubles were boiling.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2023

Fat residues revealed whether meat from ruminants like deer or cattle was on the menu, or whether people were boiling fish soup, pork, or plants instead.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 22, 2022

The women were boiling eggs, roasting meat, preparing cakes, sewing backpacks.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel