blackened

Example Sentences

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The immediate damage is clear to see, with heavy palls of smoke hanging over the blackened and charred landscape, but a conservation expert said the long-term damage could take hundreds of years to repair.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

AFP footage taken from a plane showed it listing onto one side, parts of it blackened and seriously damaged by fire, with two holes either side in the middle of the hull.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

The gold-plated figure she’d won for “Fantastic Beasts” was warped and blackened by heat, its surface blistered and twisted like something pulled from a furnace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The devastation was stunning: government ministries, banks and towering office blocks stood blackened and burned.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Scattered around were shreds of striped cloth with blackened edges, remains of curtains or clothing, and a smashed-in window frame draped across a bush, and everywhere, the smell of damp soot.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan