at boiling point
Example Sentences
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Brighton's fans were at boiling point and Hurzeler clearly felt the same as he said later: "I ask one question. Did you see in the Premier League game a goalkeeper going down three times? No."
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Dame Clare Moriarty, the chief executive of Citizens Advice, said that cost of living pressures were at "boiling point".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2022
I’m just going to say it once: the water needs to be at boiling point for the tea to infuse!!!
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2015
"Before you know it, the whole mine is at boiling point," he said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 24, 2012
A faint flush had risen upon her dull cheeks; her anger, the pent-up hatred of years, was now at boiling point.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by H.A. Bryden
