blackened

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His angular head topped with a green felt crown; his toothy mouth a sinister, grimacing gash; his eyes blackened with what looks like charcoal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The breadcrumb shards that blackened and caramelized at the edges of the sheet pan.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

An AFP journalist on the ground reported burnt carpets, broken front doors, walls and windows blackened by fire.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

But their well-tended vegetable gardens, small frame houses, and privies were blackened with soot from coal-burning steel plants nearby.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell