How to Use piping hot in a Sentence

piping hot

adjective
  • The coffee was served piping hot.
  • Like most fair food, it wasn't served piping hot with gooey cheese.
    — Jason Clayworth, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Serve soup piping hot with a thick slice of cheddar cheese on top.
    — Carolyn Hall, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Their chief attribute seems to be that they are served piping hot.
    — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2018
  • The potato bread, made in house, is served piping hot.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • And the tortillas were piping hot and fresh.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Get a stainless steel pan piping hot but not so hot as to burn your oil.
    — Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 29 Jan. 2020
  • At the other end, George stayed piping hot.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The ranch dressing added a nice contrast to the piping hot pie.
    — Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
  • What’s better on a cold winter's day than a piping hot bowl of soup?
    — Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • As a teenager, one stylist even let a piping hot pressing comb sear her scalp.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Revolver serves their piping hot soul-soother with half a dozen tortillas.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Whipping up piping hot soups, stews, and roasts is one of the best ways to warm up on a cold evening.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Whipping up piping hot soups, stews, and roasts is one of the best ways to warm up on a cold evening.
    — Maggie Horton, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Mid-week, locals will sit for a quick meal of piping hot chicken kabobs and barg served à la carte.
    — Leila Najafi, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2021
  • What about that plug-in coffee mug to keep your morning fuel piping hot?
    — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 6 May 2023
  • Anne Hathaway just snagged a piping hot look fresh off of the catwalk.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
  • As Nara recommends, this dish is best piping hot or at least warm.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2026
  • Like Nara recommends, this dish is best piping hot or at least warm.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Check out this handy little cooker that made the pizzas piping hot.
    — cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
  • How’s that for jumpstarting a new season with a piping hot take?
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Here's the perfect tech gift for women who like their coffee piping hot.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The vegetable and noodles are piping hot, but the meat and beans are barely warm.
    — Sarra Sedghi, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2022
  • The labor market has slowed somewhat but is still piping hot.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The hardest part about going right now is the lack of anywhere to eat the piping hot tacos.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • There’s a piping hot, juicy full midweek round to gobble up over the coming days.
    — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Is the top of your tray of classic lasagna getting dark, but the inside isn’t quite piping hot?
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Is the top of your tray of classic lasagna getting dark, but the inside isn’t quite piping hot?
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The beignets are still piping hot, the frozen margaritas still frosty.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The first thing that Curry goes for in the morning is a piping hot cup of coffee.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Sep. 2020

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