torching

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Another had her torching Japan’s pacifist postwar constitution, releasing a fiery-eyed specter wearing Japan’s wartime rising-sun flag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

As the criminals angrily described it to the BBC, "they yanked their own plug - tanking sales, burning logistics, and torching shareholder value".

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

After torching their rent-controlled apartment in one of their more disastrous schemes, Mac and Dennis are forced to relocate, landing in a cookie-cutter home an hour outside of Philadelphia.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

Los Angeles County was overrun this week with several uncontrollable fires torching thousands of structures and wiping out entire neighborhoods, as hurricane-force Santa Ana winds spread embers across the landscape of bone-dry chaparral.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

“I had nothing to do with torching the Coral Queen,” he said.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen