singed

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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 • Nov. 26, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

Meanhile, his skin was singed by embers, and ashes covered his hair as the fire continued to advance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025

I didn’t care that I smelled of smoke or that my blouse was singed.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals