SCALD in a Sentence
Learn SCALD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
16 example sentences for SCALD, such as:
1. The scalded cat fears cold water.
2. The scalded dog fears cold water.
3. A scalded dog thinks cold water hot.
4. He scalded his tongue with hot coffee.
5. I dropped a pan of boiling water and scalded my leg.
2. The scalded dog fears cold water.
3. A scalded dog thinks cold water hot.
4. He scalded his tongue with hot coffee.
5. I dropped a pan of boiling water and scalded my leg.
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Meanings and Examples of SCALD
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scald
v. treat with boiling water
n. the act of burning with steam or hot water
Classic Sentence:
1 These tinctured the silent bosom of the clouds above them and lit up their ephemeral caves, which seemed thenceforth to become scalding caldrons.
2 Eustacia said, while scalding tears trickled from her eyes.
3 And so there he lay on the uppermost bank in the vapor-bath; but with all his clothes on, in his boots and galoshes, while the hot drops fell scalding from the ceiling on his face.
4 We were fain to button up our monkey jackets, and hold to our lips cups of scalding tea with our half frozen fingers.
5 The scalding water burst forth from his eyes and, burning with shame and agony and fear, he drew back his shaking arm in terror and burst out into a whine of pain.
6 She killed two fowls, scalded them, plucked them, put them on the spit, and towards evening set them before the fire, that they might roast.
7 But, as princes seldom get their meat hot, my legs were not scalded, only my stockings and breeches in a sad condition.
8 Kindly remember, Madam, that I've seen you wake up squalling like a scalded cat simply because you dreamed of running in a fog.
9 But though the tears scalded his eyes and his limbs quivered with pain and fright he held back the hot tears and the cry that scalded his throat.
Example Sentence:
1 The hot water might scald her when the boiler exploded.
2 A scalded dog thinks cold water hot.
3 The scalded cat fears cold water.
4 The scalded dog fears cold water.
5 He scalded his tongue with hot coffee.
6 I dropped a pan of boiling water and scalded my leg.
7 The scalded tears fell down on her face when she heard the news.