scald
verb (used with object)
to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
were scalding
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past progressiveof scald.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Both broths were scalding hot, with a fatty richness that made my lips slippery.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2014
They gripped the rock, hissing as if it were scalding hot, but they began to climb.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
The contents were scalding hot and while her throat seemed blistered the warmth penetrated her veins in quick reaction.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Mary Hastings Bradley
Selvaggia's cheeks burned as with poor Cino's live coal when she could piece together all the shameful truth; tears brimmed at her eyes, and these too were scalding hot.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
She past but a few Drops, which felt as it were scalding hot, and these with excessive Pain.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
