boiling point
Example Sentences
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The tensions reached a boiling point, and in early 2020 they announced their exit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
The affordability crisis has reached a boiling point with many middle- and lower-income Americans increasingly burdened by debt and struggling to cover basic household expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
Her inner intensity expresses itself in a frenzy of volcanic feeling that can never be tamped down once it reaches its boiling point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
Under the right pressure conditions, ice can form at room temperature or even at temperatures higher than its usual boiling point.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2025
This brought blacks throughout Alabama to a boiling point.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
