boiling over
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
Bangladesh launched fuel rationing on Sunday as the war in the Middle East deepened an energy crunch, creating long queues at filling stations and boiling over into anger.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
The U.S. military has helped keep ethnic and religious tensions from boiling over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
“With little voice, my creative juices were boiling over and pouring out of me,” Kilmer wrote on the collective’s website.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025
She cleaned it as well as she could with Uncle Kufa’s broken knife and soon had it boiling over a crackling fire.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
