scorches
Example Sentences
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The scene in which Biff almost violently embraces Willy and tries—in vain—to make him discard his illusions scorches with its sadness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The May 22 Sports article “Early Voting scorches in Preakness” contained an error so blatant that it is clear the reporter is not well acquainted with the sport.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
For milder burns and scorches on stainless steel and aluminum pans, you can usually make do with a few pantry staples.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021
As the Bootleg Fire rages across south-central Oregon and the Dixie Fire scorches Northern California, obliterating hundreds of thousands of acres of forest, the roiling flames have launched massive smoke plumes into the air.
From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2021
It scorches a long brown finger oh the newspaper.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
