scald

I eat it standing, careful not to scald my tongue.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

If they get a burn or scald that is very large or deep, is on the face, genitals or bottom, the NHS advises to contact your nearest A&E or to call 999.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Leo’s veterinarian said in his case file that he had been losing weight throughout the year and had urine scald, a condition the vet said couldn’t be treated in the lab setting.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

The scald crow on his shoulder lifts black-tipped wings and beats the air.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Sy Baumgartner, a 70-year-old professor of philosophy at Princeton, scalds his hand at the stove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

He said: "Even superficial burns, such as scalds, are very, very painful because the nerve endings are still exposed."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2022

One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station.

From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016

While scalds and falls on tile can inflict serious harm in the bathroom, modern kitchen appliances and gadgets offer many more opportunities for injury.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013

This time it's an acidic substance that scalds my throat and makes its way into my nose as well.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023

So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2023

Vargas and Outman walked with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, but Rojas scalded a 99-mph line drive right at shortstop Nick Ahmed to end the inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

After the pigs were scalded in the big iron tripod kettle and their skins were scraped and white, Jody had to go to the water-tub to sit in the grass until his heart grew quiet.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

We would loiter, mostly, and eat the shredded beef nachos that I still think about to this day while the plastic of our high-top Converse grilled on the scalding asphalt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

The windows were leaky, which means big trouble in North Dakota’s frigid winters and scalding summers.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

She says she did not pursue a complaint because she feared that being a junior member of the team, "chances were, I'd be booted off the production, and he may have only got a scalding".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

More by accident than design, Brother Rufus spun around and sent the scalding contents of his mug splashing full into the rat’s eyes.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques