singed

Example Sentences

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Hall wants to do with the chimneys what Hill did by framing those singed pieces of music — to create a work of art born from disaster that symbolizes the will to carry on.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Visually epic, sonically relentless and otherwise fatuous, the film has a dramatic inertia occasionally punctuated by eruptions of utter catastrophe—a series of shocks that leaves you singed, shaken and not much better for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

The fire singed Evans’ yard and destroyed many of his neighbors’ homes, but his survived.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

All he suffered was a bit of singed beard and a slightly bruised pride.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss