charred

Example Sentences

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No one has been seriously injured, but large parts of the buildings were completely charred when BBC Bangla visited on Friday.

From BBC

Now there were charred trees, excavators and weeds sprouting from cracked foundations where multimillion-dollar homes once stood.

From Los Angeles Times

A grotesque, charred silhouette, reclining, with one knee raised, as if lounging on one of Marseille's nearby beaches.

From BBC

Each marked with a red dot on a grid of streets that have looked like a charred moonscape for 11 months.

From Los Angeles Times

Many of the towering sycamore trees and elder oaks — probably far older than even the adult Scout leaders — still blot out the midday sun with new, green leaves sprouting from their charred trunks.

From Los Angeles Times