scalded

past tense of scald

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalded
Verb
  • Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As of Thursday morning, eight acres of land had been scorched by it.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • On a late summer morning in the Pacific Palisades, dozens of hummingbirds rise from the ashes of Spencer Pratt‘s scorched hillside property, where his 2,200-square-foot, three-bedroom home once perched.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of Jelly's favorite tour meals include a healthier version of Nashville-style hot chicken and French fries boiled in bone broth.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There, they are boiled with sugar and then made into a red bean paste to use in other recipes for pastries or other desserts.
    Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It can be roasted, baked, or pan-fried.
    Nancy LeBrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Some of chef Sarah Palomares’ menu items are a breakfast sandwich, avocado toast, Belgian waffle, coconut chia pudding, smash burger, roasted veggie farro bowl and roasted chicken crunch salad.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chicken breasts are simmered gently in chicken broth and fresh thyme sprigs, which yields a flavorful fortified stock that's perfect for another use.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Task, as critic Roxana Hadadi put it, has been a real test of patience for audiences as the cat-and-mouse game between the FBI task force and the Dark Hearts biker gang simmered for most of the season.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Police are responding to a shooting that left multiple people injured at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the school’s Homecoming weekend.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Toss the crispy gnocchi with lots of sweet, fresh corn kernels, prepared pesto and a hefty sprinkle of grated cheese, and broil until the cheese gets bubbly, gooey and slightly charred in spots.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The pork is perfectly seasoned and charred, then enveloped in a thick homemade corn tortilla that keeps its structure no matter how much tomatillo salsa is added.
    Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Mountain West believes it is owed $55 million from the Pac-12 under the terms of a scheduling agreement signed in December 2023 that attached a price tag of approximately $11 million to any school the Pac-12 poached.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Species such as Grant’s gazelles, Thomson’s gazelles, Southern reedbucks, and Impalas are commonly poached for meat, horns (used in traditional medicine and ornaments) and skins.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Scalded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalded. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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