How to Use scalding in a Sentence

scalding

adjective
  • The men worked in the scalding sun.
  • More than once, he was hit on the shoulder with scalding currency.
    — Devin Gordon, New York Times, 6 June 2019
  • Fill your pot with about six cups of water and bring it to a scalding boil (this can be done over a campfire).
    — Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 12 May 2018
  • As the fruit gains size, shade it to prevent scalding and reduce overheating.
    — Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 30 May 2017
  • Clusters of stick-structure tents are draped with patchworks of cloth, to keep away the scalding heat and blowing sand.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2017
  • The scalding hot summer days heat up the soil, the summer breezes blow and our precious soil water floats away on the breeze.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2018
  • The scalding soup has a truly sour quality spiked with heat from the peppercorns.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
  • There is no lab test to confirm that a baby has been shaken or to prove that a child’s scalding burns were inflicted.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Other alleged abuse included scalding two dogs with acid, burning their flesh.
    — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Add hot but not scalding water; let steep for 15 to 25 minutes to preferred strength.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The park's statement explains the ground in the area is fragile, with scalding water just below the surface.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 14 June 2017
  • There was something about being immersed in nearly scalding water that took away just enough of my resistance to him.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 27 July 2019
  • Waves also can wash over molten lava and send scalding water onshore, so people should maintain a safe distance.
    — Jae C. Hong and Audrey McAvoy, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • All right, one sec, I’m also being told to tell you not to do any of that other stuff either, the scalding and burning stuff.
    — Gary Gramling, SI.com, 6 July 2018
  • Day after day, Turkey’s opposition parties brave a scalding heat wave to hand out leaflets.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2018
  • The volume on the stereo grew louder, snapping Burl Ives's jolly croon into a scalding screech.
    — Anonymous, Good Housekeeping, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Yet those cases haven't garnered the kind of attention that has landed a series of celebrity chefs in scalding water this past week.
    — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Jones and Irving then moved her to the bathroom, forcing her to undress before throwing more scalding hot water on her.
    — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Crank had given Javion a bath and the burns were consistent with being placed in scalding water, the affidavit said.
    — Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Iceland is also situated on a mantle plume, or an upwelling of scalding rocks that is believed to cause volcanic hotspots.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • Investigators said Moore put Brandon in a bath of scalding water which caused burns on the lower part of his body.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The children come from all walks of life and were burned in a variety of situations, including by scalding water, fire and cooking oil.
    — Emily K. Coleman, Lake County News-Sun, 23 June 2017
  • The ground in hydrothermal areas is fragile and thin and there is scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The skirt is the tone of a slightly warm dessert-drink hiding in a cup, a secret gentle creamy treat for me while everyone else drinks a darker, more serious, scalding thing.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The third-shift workers, as the cleaners are often called, wade through blood and grease and chunks of bone and flesh, racing all night to hose down the plant with disinfectants and scalding water.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2018
  • All-American Canon Claycomb, who shot a scalding 65 to claim medalist honors a year ago.
    — Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • In the polar Barents and Chukchi seas, ocean water was a scalding 7 degrees Fahrenheit higher than just a few decades ago.
    — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 12 Dec. 2017
  • While Republicans are doing their best to ignore the scalding turmoil of Trumpism, Democrats can hardly look away.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 13 June 2017
  • But so much of this surprising season is built on a scalding July in which San Francisco went 19–6.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The best time to visit is April to June and September to October, when the weather is warm but not as hot as the scalding summer months.
    — Michele Chabin, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019

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