How to Use boiling point in a Sentence

boiling point

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  • Next, fill it with cool water and bring it just to its boiling point.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2020
  • That pushed tensions in the Senate to the boiling point.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Then, draw fresh cold water, and heat it to exactly its boiling point.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Both officers and inmates are at their boiling point in a jail that’s simply busting at the seams.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Racial tensions in the country hit a boiling point and spilled into the streets after Floyd’s killing late last month.
    — Time, 20 June 2020
  • Racial tensions in the country hit a boiling point and spilled into the streets after Floyd's killing late last month.
    — Fox News, 20 June 2020
  • Just bringing water to a boil, even at the lower boiling point of high elevation, will do the trick.
    — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
  • Eventually things reach a boiling point when Sunny confronts Veah's ex at dinner.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
  • With hostilities at a boiling point, not all Israelis were comfortable with the offers of assistance to Lebanon.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The tensions in the house reached a boiling point on the evening of Oct. 7.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Osman Kavala hit a boiling point over the past two months.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This very scenario has reached a boiling point in the world of crappies — of all things.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Heat the milk in a small saucepan over a medium heat to just below boiling point then take off the heat.
    — Elijah Rawls, Men's Health, 10 May 2022
  • It’s in the Aegean where tensions are nearing a boiling point.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Scott said the two came out May 29, when outcry over the shooting reached a boiling point.
    — Elizabeth Joseph, CNN, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Make ganache by putting the cream into a small saucepan and heat to just below boiling point.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
  • These brews have been on the market for years, but demand seems to have reached a boiling point.
    — Justin Klawans, theweek, 11 July 2024
  • But the recent spate of killings has reached a boiling point on Capitol Hill and around the country.
    — Farnoush Amiri, ajc, 3 June 2022
  • The kettle heats to a boiling point in up to five minutes and is powered by 300 watts.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
  • More on what both sides said, and last weekend’s boiling point.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • This increases the boiling point of the coolant by about 40 degrees.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The frustration might be reaching a boiling point on the field.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • When the British left in 1947, the tensions reached boiling point in Anand’s native Punjab.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Once water reaches boiling point add the hot water to the glass.
    — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, the team could only view the game as a boiling point as the team dropped its seventh-straight game and hold a 2-8 record in the first 10 games.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2022
  • The original method was to use the freezing point of water as 0°C and the boiling point of water as 100°C.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The team’s passion reached its boiling point as the clock showed zeros Tuesday night.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
  • Things come to a boiling point when Zack’s birthday rolls around.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The tipping point is defined as the moment of critical mass, the threshold, and the boiling point.
    — Michael Gale, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The venom between Jamie and Beth reaches a boiling point.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 27 Nov. 2022

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