boiling

Example Sentences

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“Seems to me like a total own-goal,” says Ms. Worsley, once again boiling the past down to its essence, without belaboring the ironies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 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

Videos upon videos of Americans ditching ice water for hot water in the morning, boiling apples into tea, and saying that we have met them “at a very Chinese time” in their lives.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

I sacrifice another chicken and use the rest of the potatoes to make a stew they can take upstairs, and while it’s boiling, I try to comb the fleas from Max’s hair.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron