Example Sentences

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Kermit invites me to come by the dock later, where he will be boiling a pot of shrimp.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2017

"If they decide to continue with measures that are taking us to the bottom of the sea," he insists, "the summer won't be hot it will be boiling."

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

Now, I dare say, the water will be boiling; and it's time for little master there to come in, for the dew is falling.

From Ruth by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

I'll bet my boots the kettle will be boiling, and everything in the house will be on the table before I'm there twenty minutes.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry

Anyhow, the kettles will hold enough for a mug for everyone in our three compartments, and by the time we have drunk that the second lot will be boiling.

From With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)