piping hot

Example Sentences

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During the next outage, you’ll find me with my family, under an electric blanket, sipping piping hot tea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Your daughter made you a lukewarm cup of tea, and you are rewarding her with a piping hot mug of the finest Colombian coffee.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

It is made by brushing butter onto a piping hot naan and sprinkling a generous amount of chopped garlic on it.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Each stick slow-burns for one hour, which personally makes me want to settle into a piping hot bath.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Velia and Delia purchased piping hot ears of corn on a stick, wrapped in their own leaves and enveloped in newspapers to keep them warm.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall