boiling

Example Sentences

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"You've sold the team - now sell the club," chanted fans at Molineux in October as frustrations reached boiling point.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

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

"Till then, we are boiling the water for drinking," said the young sailor, who asked to be identified only by his last name, Pereira.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 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

Now, after being washed in boiling water and bleach, it was no longer brown at all, but a perfectly lovely, nearly white color, not quite beige, not quite cream.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood