searing

Example Sentences

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Even searing inflation earlier in the 2020s and the resulting higher price levels haven’t derailed spending, despite frustrations about the costs of daily necessities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Ifunanya Nwangene was asleep last Saturday morning in her ground-floor apartment in Nigeria's capital city when she was awoken at around 08:00 by a searing pain on her wrist.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Her stories are well-told, relevant and often searing, detailing an elementary-school teacher’s slight, a hometown swimming-pool reckoning and chauvinism from an Ivy League club.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

We wouldn’t be drawn to “Labyrinth” all these years later if Bowie hadn’t poured a searing alloy of androgyny and enigmatic intent into a mold and popped out his Goblin King.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

The pain that movement caused was searing, but he bit his lip.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker