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Example sentences for: scalding

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In a country with a century of national unity and the scalding experience of Mussolini’s fascism, sports seem almost the only activity that can inspire any semblance of patriotic fervor in Italians.
(It's a heck of a bargain, but after the scalding and the lard rendering, I've pretty much had a full evening's porkertainment.)
Skills on display will be: scalding, sausage stuffing, lard rendering, scrapple making, and much more."
(Like after a scalding demo, I'd even think about more.)
Much public commentary turned immediately to scalding criticism that the action was too aggressive.