scald

I eat it standing, careful not to scald my tongue.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

If they get a burn or scald that is very large or deep, is on the face, genitals or bottom, the NHS advises to contact your nearest A&E or to call 999.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Leo’s veterinarian said in his case file that he had been losing weight throughout the year and had urine scald, a condition the vet said couldn’t be treated in the lab setting.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

I felt my red skin was going to scald plumb off, and then I’d look just like that poor antelope.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Sy Baumgartner, a 70-year-old professor of philosophy at Princeton, scalds his hand at the stove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

He said: "Even superficial burns, such as scalds, are very, very painful because the nerve endings are still exposed."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2022

One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station.

From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016

While scalds and falls on tile can inflict serious harm in the bathroom, modern kitchen appliances and gadgets offer many more opportunities for injury.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013

The day in and day out of needle pricks, scalds, and raw-skinned hands from cooking and scrubbing was wearing on me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

An estimated 100,000 children scalded yearly by hot food and beverages.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2023

So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2023

Vargas and Outman walked with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, but Rojas scalded a 99-mph line drive right at shortstop Nick Ahmed to end the inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

Shame and outrage scalded me from the inside out.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Michele, demonstrating that her bravura turn in “Funny Girl” was no fluke, delivers a scalding rendition of “Nobody’s Side.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

She says she did not pursue a complaint because she feared that being a junior member of the team, "chances were, I'd be booted off the production, and he may have only got a scalding".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

On a particularly scalding summer day, my friend wanted Chinese food, so I opted to get fried tofu with mixed vegetables and white rice delivered.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

Her skin is an angry red, like she's just stepped out of a scalding bath.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton