Escaped from the fire with only a blistered hand. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : These new shoes blistered my feet. ,The boss blistered his assistant in front of the whole office. From Dictionary.com.
Mr. Randolph unfolded the little palm, swollen and blistered from the marks of his ruler. From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
That too, was swollen and blistered from the flames fanned by the winds of speed and descent. From Wordnik.com. [Above the Clouds at Thirty Below] Reference
By this means the iron is carbonized and converted into what is commonly called blistered steel. From Wordnik.com. [Rides on Railways] Reference
When Craig woke up, his skin wasn’t blistered from the heat. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Time « A Fly in Amber] Reference
They are all still down roughly 80% from their recent highs and were 'blistered' alot more then deserved. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Burns throughout her body blistered from the mana. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.26: Science versus Magic] Reference
The sides of the chest may be thoroughly blistered. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Such truly fearful spasms, and such blistered feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
"My feet are blistered from the walking," she replied. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
With our sun-blistered backs and the burrs in our hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
His eyes and lips were swollen, face and hands blistered. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
She had a tongue which from time to time blistered the poor man. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
And the letters were generally blotted and blistered with tears. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
There was no wind and the sand blistered his feet through his boots. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Dot herself hated working the pump -- it blistered her little hands. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Hidden in the rubble, spade in his blistered hands, he wept silently. From Wordnik.com. [15 Minutes More] Reference
I blistered from burns every summer; no one ever thought twice about it. From Wordnik.com. [That Little Freckle Could Be A Time Bomb] Reference
The scene was one of picturesque green fertility and black blistered ruin. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Our faces and hands were blistered, our throats parched from the hot wind. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
You ride till your seat is blistered and until you can sleep in the saddle. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
The blistered vesicle there never once yielded before the press of the steel. From Wordnik.com. [Deadheading] Reference
Bullate: Like a blistered surface, rising in convex prominences, rather coarse. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
I had to take my four-inch heels off and carry them, as my feet were blistered. From Wordnik.com. [May You Never Be Happy Again] Reference
His hands were blistered, his breath came in sobs, but he dragged fiercely at the oars. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
River assisting General Banks, but at length, with thoroughly blistered feet, I found him. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
I had no notion of being fired an 'blistered an' turned out to grass that early in the game. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Grimly, Allister reached the door and got his already blistered fingers on the lock mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [A Place in the Sun] Reference
The head of a child's doll lying in the dust, its plastic face blistered, its tiny ears singed. From Wordnik.com. [IN A CORNER OF HELL, A MOMENT OF BEAUTY] Reference
The sun made the top of my head sweat and I felt the sting of a blistered sunburn across my back. From Wordnik.com. [The Spear Master] Reference
My tongue was more than once blistered, on beginning to drink after they had emptied their glasses. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
He drove down those shell-blistered roads like an Indy 500 driver to a position that was under fire. From Wordnik.com. ['THE BLOCKADE IS A JOKE'] Reference
Cora put two fingers to her blistered cheek, saying: "You can't ask me to come down with this face.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The faces and lips of the men were blistered and cracked; their fingers were constantly frostbitten. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
His whole face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face, which may leave scarring. From Wordnik.com. [Microwave urban legend shouldn't obscure real risks] Reference
If the parts become blistered and open sores appear, then the same treatment as for burns is indicated. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
I wore those Boche boots sixteen days, and I had to keep going all the time with sore and blistered feet. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
His blistered fingers were barely able to move within the insulined gloves, Larry fumbled with the hatch. From Wordnik.com. [A Place in the Sun] Reference
They said they were well paid for their long walk, though they should work the next day with blistered feet. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Last week she swam so far in the sun she couldn't touch an oar or paddle for days, her arms were so blistered. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
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