singe
Example Sentences
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The mural survived the Palisades fire with minor singe marks.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
Berkshire’s biggest singe investment in Apple shares remained essentially unchanged at 915.6 million shares.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023
In a feat of literary alchemy, Kingsolver uses the fire of that boy’s spirit to illuminate — and singe — the darkest recesses of our country.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022
She would inspect chicken livers to excise discolored spots, and singe pinfeathers off chicken over a gas flame.
From New York Times • May 2, 2022
By the time the moon shone fully through the window, he had begun to singe Luna’s nightgown.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Vocabulary lists containing singe
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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The Sea of Monsters
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"Uprising," Vocabulary from the historical novel
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