singe

Example Sentences

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Drake didn’t find a shortcut to the exotic East, and he headed back to singe the Spanish king’s beard closer to home and to English supply lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

In triple-digit heat, monkey bars singe children’s hands, water bottles warp and seatbelts feel like hot irons.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023

A little singe around the edges of the bread will remind you of the coal-fire char of the original.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2023

In the oven’s heat, their tips singe and brown, turning irresistibly crisp.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

It has the power to singe, to sear, to incinerate, but it holds back.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman