scorches

Example Sentences

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The scene in which Biff almost violently embraces Willy and tries—in vain—to make him discard his illusions scorches with its sadness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

For milder burns and scorches on stainless steel and aluminum pans, you can usually make do with a few pantry staples.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021

As the Bootleg Fire rages across south-central Oregon and the Dixie Fire scorches Northern California, obliterating hundreds of thousands of acres of forest, the roiling flames have launched massive smoke plumes into the air.

From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2021

And it’s not exactly a “bright golden haze” — to quote from that fabled musical’s opening number — that’s hanging over the Western plains, but a light that scorches.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2018

It scorches my blood and sears my thoughts.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell