charred
Example Sentences
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In the ashes there is a charred page from an English language textbook: "My name is William, I'm from the UK. My grandmother lives in Nottingham. It's a beautiful city."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
An AFP reporter saw machinery piling up twisted and charred metal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
One morning, the two women crept out and Terekh drove past charred vehicles at top speed to reach Kyiv.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It started over the weekend in the Los Padres National Forest near Loma Vista and has charred more than 3,700 acres as of Wednesday, threatening homes and businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 1835, the ship left Lima, on the coast of Peru, and headed toward a lonely spray of charred volcanic islands west of Ecuador—the Galápagos.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
