singe
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In a feat of literary alchemy, Kingsolver uses the fire of that boy’s spirit to illuminate — and singe — the darkest recesses of our country.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
She would inspect chicken livers to excise discolored spots, and singe pinfeathers off chicken over a gas flame.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
Whereas most hot sauces these days are in a competition to see who can singe your tonsils the most, I like that there's an actual balance to Humble House Ancho & Morita.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
“We are working diligently every singe day at the bargaining table to narrow the differences and get a deal done.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
She gives me a glare fit to singe hair.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
The fried chicken is typically coated in a mixture of cayenne and paprika that singes the tongue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
In an Aug. 12 inspection, Mr. Nimz found no major signs of char, cracks or singes to the main trunk or most of the tree’s more than 40 aerial roots.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Kyrgios beats Rafa, actual pain singes my neural pathways.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 27, 2020
And the dialogue, oh, how it singes and sears!
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019
Jens Glob stands so deeply wrapped in thought, that he singes the skirt of his wide garment.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
Possibly singed and mostly sandy, they storm the Mediterranean and return to their grills wet, steaming, and triumphant.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Hearty slices of calamari singed on the plancha gleam in the fading sunlight.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
Only the other day he had singed old Brother Methuselah’s whiskers while lighting candles.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
For Jessa Calderon, a Chumash and Tongva songwriter, these disconnects are ever-present in the concrete-hardened rivers snaking through Los Angeles, and the sour taste of industrialization often singeing the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
The singeing makes the xoon not just a veneer but an ingredient in itself, changing the rest of the dish, as the smoke settles into the rice, whispering its way into every cranny.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
Sometimes he sets fire to the topmost layer, singeing its surface and revealing what’s below.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019
I feel the heat on my back, singeing the ends of my hair.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
Vocabulary lists containing singe
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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