singed
Example Sentences
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In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
He pointed out the singed books the blast had catapulted into the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Visually epic, sonically relentless and otherwise fatuous, the film has a dramatic inertia occasionally punctuated by eruptions of utter catastrophe—a series of shocks that leaves you singed, shaken and not much better for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
He’d survived the same fire I had, though his wings were so singed he would never fly properly again.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
