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
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
He put a sinister singe on Taylor Swift’s “It’s Nice to Have a Friend” for the diabolical doll thriller “M3GAN.”
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023
In the oven’s heat, their tips singe and brown, turning irresistibly crisp.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022
By the time the moon shone fully through the window, he had begun to singe Luna’s nightgown.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Vocabulary lists containing singe
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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The Sea of Monsters
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"Uprising," Vocabulary from the historical novel
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