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

In fact, a massive round metal object had plummeted from above landing on farmland near a dry riverbed - and it was piping hot.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

The demonstration includes a mini flour mill to grind wheat kernels, an example of a water well, and a piping hot oven.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

Ma slipped piping hot baked potatoes into their pockets to keep their fingers warm, and Aunt Eliza’s flatirons were hot on the stove, ready to put at their feet in the sled.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder