carbonize

Example Sentences

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Because you won’t eat the carbonized skin, feel free to remove it before serving, but the color contrast between the black skin and orange interior is so dramatic we suggest leaving it on.

From Washington Post

“I saw these little ashes falling down from the sky, these perfect little carbonized pieces of giant sequoia,” he said.

From National Geographic

The skin forms a carbonized black bark — the kind that would usually signal ruin — while the flesh inside steams and softens until it collapses to silken and rather smoky perfection.

From New York Times

"Where is that energy is coming from? Are they using carbonized or renewable energy?" he asks.

From BBC

“This is another Christ,” Gowin remembers saying when he saw the tendrils reaching up from the base of the carbonized tree.

From The New Yorker