singe

Example Sentences

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Drake didn’t find a shortcut to the exotic East, and he headed back to singe the Spanish king’s beard closer to home and to English supply lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

In the oven’s heat, their tips singe and brown, turning irresistibly crisp.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

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

If she wasn’t careful the match would singe her fingertips, or worse, light the entire attic on fire.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland