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How to use scalding in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, noun

Scalding means hot enough to burn. Example: “"This water is scalding!" Lena explained to me that she had asbestos hands.”

Examples of scalding by meaning

adjectiveScorching; scathing.

  • a scalding attack on his critics

More sentences with scalding

  • "This water is scalding!" Lena explained to me that she had asbestos hands.2020 October 13, Valérie Falzo, Extraordinary Souls I Have Known, Covenant Books, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry asbestos
  • I saw a woman throw a basin of scalding water over a baby killer.1999, Eve McDougall, A Wicked Fist, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry stick
  • Connie Brown, a torso-tosser in convalescing after scalding one of her main stems.1927 June 2, Walter Winchell, Mine [pseudonym], “Your Broadway”, in Bakersfield Morning Echo, volume 45, number 131, Bakersfield, Calif.…. From the entry torso-tosser
  • Spring in Houston is scalding sidewalks and sun-drunk lovebugs.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 254. From the entry Houston
  • Someone accidentally knocked the pot over, scalding the sisters.2018 May 25, Ryan Bergeron, “Burn survivor becomes beauty inspiration”, in CNN. From the entry shalom
  • His colour is changing now, he does not have to look in the mirror, it's like a nettle-rash rising, scalding, scalding.1997, Edna O'Brien, Down by the River, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 242. From the entry nettle-rash
  • He walked up and down the pitch, rubbing at his chest, unsure whether it was frozen or scalding hot from the wind.2020, Douglas Stewart, Shuggie Bain, page 269. From the entry smirr
  • This machine, rather like a high-tech salon hairdryer, is at times slightly scalding but not more painful than using a pair of hair straighteners.2017 December 17, Susannah Constantine, “Susannah Constantine’s unusual nit infestation gets treated by head vacuum”, in The New Zealand…. From the entry nitty
  • Two iron structures are fitted alternately into the machine; they resemble the ordinary scalding copper, but are flat bottomed and perforated to admit steam.1900, W. M. Webb, “Sterilisers”, in The Agricultural Journal, volume II, page 648. From the entry flat bottomed

Meaning of scalding

  1. adjective Hot enough to burn.
  2. adjective Scorching; scathing.
  3. noun An instance of scalding: a burn.

Full definition of scalding

Questions about scalding in a sentence

How do you use scalding in a sentence?
Scalding is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “"This water is scalding!" Lena explained to me that she had asbestos hands.”
What is a short sentence with scalding?
“a scalding attack on his critics”
What does scalding mean?
Scalding means hot enough to burn.

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