boiling

Example Sentences

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It’s almost like we’re seeing interpersonal deliberations that usually go on behind the curtain boiling over into public talks, which is extraordinarily unusual.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Our critic said the show finds Ms. Worsley “once again boiling the past down to its essence, without belaboring the ironies.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

But the key is the free energy you obtain by letting heat from the air outside do much of the heavy lifting in boiling the refrigerant when it is cold.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

It’s far easier to sit in the boiling waters of despair until the heat becomes tolerable than it is to try to alter the temperature all on our own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

They’d hunt one down, butcher the animal, cut up the meat, and preserve it in jars they sealed shut in boiling water.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis