scalded
Example Sentences
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"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
A South Los Angeles woman is suing Starbucks for negligence after she claims she was scalded at a drive-through window in Lynwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
An estimated 100,000 children scalded yearly by hot food and beverages.
From Salon ● Dec. 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
As soon as the hog was dead Pa and Uncle Henry lifted it up and down in the boiling water till it was well scalded.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
