blackened

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

"People come and buy three sacks to be prepared for when there's no electricity," said Agosto, his hands blackened from filling, stacking, and arranging the sacks on the side of the road.

From Barron's

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

They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.

From Literature

And beyond that, just this blackened disaster zone.

From Literature