singed
Example Sentences
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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
Where the aged tree’s limbs once exploded into violet, singed branches crisscrossed in colorless sterility like an unfinished painting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
The fire singed Evans’ yard and destroyed many of his neighbors’ homes, but his survived.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
Together, man and calf managed to find the door and safety, both frightened, both badly singed.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
