blackened

Example Sentences

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Unverified social media videos showed plumes of smoke rising over Ryazan -- a city of around 500,000 -- and a high-rise apartment block with several blackened floors.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

AFP correspondents at the site saw a blackened, debris-strewn street.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The source - the smell of the remains of burnt out ambulances, which lie blackened in a car park next to a synagogue in the north-west London suburb.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

His angular head topped with a green felt crown; his toothy mouth a sinister, grimacing gash; his eyes blackened with what looks like charcoal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

I shy at stepping onto the blackened ground, but there’s no way it’s still hot.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz