charred

Example Sentences

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The appetizers, especially the charred grapes with mozzarella cheese and balsamic vinegar cream, were better than the main course.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Maple-slicked Brussels sprouts with charred leaves that shatter under your fork.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Stray dogs roamed the wreckage, weaving between huge charred twisted pipes and silent idle turbines.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Once familiar oaks and alders appeared strange to Taran; their dead leaves clung to the tangled branches and the black trunks jutted like charred bones.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander