singe
Example Sentences
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Hall wants to do with the chimneys what Hill did by framing those singed pieces of music — to create a work of art born from disaster that symbolizes the will to carry on.
From Los Angeles Times
She also had singed feathers on both sides of her body, but especially on the right, where Rogers said the wing looked particularly damaged.
From Los Angeles Times
The mural survived the Palisades fire with minor singe marks.
From Los Angeles Times
Visually epic, sonically relentless and otherwise fatuous, the film has a dramatic inertia occasionally punctuated by eruptions of utter catastrophe—a series of shocks that leaves you singed, shaken and not much better for it.
The fried chicken is typically coated in a mixture of cayenne and paprika that singes the tongue.
From Los Angeles Times
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