blistering
Example Sentences
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These days, a horror film must also be a blistering allegory for real life, with plenty of subtextual significance for the thinking viewer to glom onto.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Not long after, he justified the roughly $130,000 investment the Rajasthan Royals made in a 13-year-old - becoming the youngest centurion in competitive senior cricket with a blistering 35-ball hundred against the Gujarat Titans.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
This time, Jackson wrote a blistering dissent—joined by Sotomayor—that seemed to explain her earlier vote, as well.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026
Fourteen years later, Pierce scored at a blistering pace, yet because someone had stolen his jersey, he played a portion of the game with the name “McCoy” on the back.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The pain in his head lessened — he looked around wildly to see where Quirrell had gone, and saw him hunched in pain, looking at his fingers — they were blistering before his eyes.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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