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Definition of "broiling" [broil•ing]

  • Present participle of broil. (verb)
  • An instance of something being broiled. (noun)

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Use "broiling" in a sentence
  • "The first thing Berner did was to take the girl with him to the woods; Sunday after Sunday they went to Nordmarken, in broiling sunshine or pouring rain, in the thaws of spring, and in winter on ski."
  • "We went to the best big hotel there, and such was the miserable discomfort of our accommodation, that after enduring it for one day, we all agreed with common consent to return home, and having been obliged to have a fire, and being chilled through with the bitter sea blast, we traveled back to Philadelphia in broiling scorching heat, and were thankful at any price to be in our own houses again."
  • "A long pull up the hill in broiling sunshine brings us at last to the houses and the church."