scorch

Example Sentences

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“The difference between the torch and the scorch is key to this whole thing of regeneration,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

“In a physical attack, you can crash into drones, trap them in a net or scorch them with a laser,” said Andres Gomez, an electronics engineer at Aeronautical Industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

All eyes then turned on the final racer, the 25-year-old Braathen keeping his calm to scorch through to a historic victory for his adopted homeland.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

The only girl on the pitch, she would scorch past once-scornful boys.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Then it tipped up into the sky and spread out, looking for a maple it could scorch or a beech it could blanch.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt