scorches
Example Sentences
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The scene in which Biff almost violently embraces Willy and tries—in vain—to make him discard his illusions scorches with its sadness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The Illinois State Journal declared in a July 8 headline, “Heat wave scorches Midwest: many die.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022
Rodgers would see patients, young and old, gasping for air, wracked with pain that scorches the chest.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
For milder burns and scorches on stainless steel and aluminum pans, you can usually make do with a few pantry staples.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021
It scorches a long brown finger oh the newspaper.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
