blackened

Example Sentences

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He’d somehow scratched “SOS” into the blackened earth, a photo released by the Coast Guard shows.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Their best-selling offering is an extra dark pretzel that’s slow-baked for a blackened finish.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

But images taken at Shahran on Sunday morning showed emergency workers inspecting burned out oil tankers, blackened buildings and blazing fires.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Quite a few single poles and blackened tree trunks stuck up from the ground, and here and there a skeleton of a building rose forlornly.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata