blacken

Example Sentences

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The devastation was stunning: government ministries, banks and towering office blocks stood blackened and burned.

From BBC

The breadcrumb shards that blackened and caramelized at the edges of the sheet pan.

From Salon

An AFP journalist on the ground reported burnt carpets, broken front doors, walls and windows blackened by fire.

From Barron's

On either side lie two run-down empty tower blocks, replete with broken windows and walls blackened by fire damage.

From BBC

But amid the smoke still rising from its blackened edges hundreds of spiders were crawling.

From Literature