singe

His attacks — “They’re weird!” — tend to singe, not burn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024

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

Whereas most hot sauces these days are in a competition to see who can singe your tonsils the most, I like that there's an actual balance to Humble House Ancho & Morita.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022

At any second the hairs around his eyes would singe.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The fried chicken is typically coated in a mixture of cayenne and paprika that singes the tongue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025

In an Aug. 12 inspection, Mr. Nimz found no major signs of char, cracks or singes to the main trunk or most of the tree’s more than 40 aerial roots.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

Then there’s the Chinatown-inspired chicken with cashews, smoky from the wok, which also singes the onions and ginkgo nuts in the assembly.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022

Kyrgios beats Rafa, actual pain singes my neural pathways.

From Golf Digest ● Jan. 27, 2020

Wel singes thu cuccu, Ne swik thu naver nu.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

Hearty slices of calamari singed on the plancha gleam in the fading sunlight.

From Salon ● Aug. 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

Together, man and calf managed to find the door and safety, both frightened, both badly singed.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

Avians found dead along power lines are often assumed to have died from electrocution, especially if their bodies show burns or singeing, said Eve Thomason, a wildlife biologist at Boise State University in Idaho.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022

They pick through the smoldering charcoal that’s been burned in the kiln for pieces that can still be used, inhaling the soot and singeing their fingers.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

With war singeing the European Union’s eastern edge, French voters will make a choice in a presidential election that will have an effect beyond the country’s borders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

“Leave him alone, Hermione, he’s earned a bit of a break,” said Ron, and he placed the last two cards on top of the castle and the whole lot blew up, singeing his eyebrows.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling