blackened
Example Sentences
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Footage of the aftermath shows the entire side of the building blackened with soot with a plume of smoke rising into the air.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The gold-plated figure she’d won for “Fantastic Beasts” was warped and blackened by heat, its surface blistered and twisted like something pulled from a furnace.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
The breadcrumb shards that blackened and caramelized at the edges of the sheet pan.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Every time I do, I think of Jo charging into that doomed kitchen with “perfect faith in her own powers” and emerging with blackened bread and lumpy blancmange.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The whole meadow is littered with knocked-over tubes and blackened boxes, empty shells that are still venting plumes.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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