singed
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If you’ll permit a shift in metaphor: Wood singed once makes for better kindling.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
Possibly singed and mostly sandy, they storm the Mediterranean and return to their grills wet, steaming, and triumphant.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
After the Aleuts had killed our men at Coral Cove, all the women of our tribe had singed their hair short as a sign of mourning.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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