singe
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In a feat of literary alchemy, Kingsolver uses the fire of that boy’s spirit to illuminate — and singe — the darkest recesses of our country.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
She would inspect chicken livers to excise discolored spots, and singe pinfeathers off chicken over a gas flame.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
Whereas most hot sauces these days are in a competition to see who can singe your tonsils the most, I like that there's an actual balance to Humble House Ancho & Morita.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
Chefs can sear meat, singe veggies and boil water ridiculously fast, Diamond says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Alex felt it singe his shoulders, yelled, and threw himself to one side.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
The fried chicken is typically coated in a mixture of cayenne and paprika that singes the tongue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
In an Aug. 12 inspection, Mr. Nimz found no major signs of char, cracks or singes to the main trunk or most of the tree’s more than 40 aerial roots.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Then there’s the Chinatown-inspired chicken with cashews, smoky from the wok, which also singes the onions and ginkgo nuts in the assembly.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
Kyrgios beats Rafa, actual pain singes my neural pathways.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 27, 2020
Wel singes thu cuccu, Ne swik thu naver nu.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
Hearty slices of calamari singed on the plancha gleam in the fading sunlight.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Possibly singed and mostly sandy, they storm the Mediterranean and return to their grills wet, steaming, and triumphant.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
Only the other day he had singed old Brother Methuselah’s whiskers while lighting candles.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
They pick through the smoldering charcoal that’s been burned in the kiln for pieces that can still be used, inhaling the soot and singeing their fingers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
With war singeing the European Union’s eastern edge, French voters will make a choice in a presidential election that will have an effect beyond the country’s borders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
She flicked nervously at a lighter, singeing a cactus on the table in front of her.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
I lit the match and it sizzled to life, the burnt sulfur smell singeing my nostrils.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing singe
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