blackened
Example Sentences
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A grassfire can reduce a thriving habitat to blackened ground in a matter of hours - but recovery is a much slower story.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Satellite imagery above Gironde shows vast areas of scorched, blackened earth, with smoke drifting inland to the east.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Images from inside the bar after the fire was put out showed blackened tables and stools covered in debris, with bottles still left out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
They were there when the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill blackened beaches, turned the shoreline into a wildlife graveyard, and galvanized grassroots defense of the coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
But their well-tended vegetable gardens, small frame houses, and privies were blackened with soot from coal-burning steel plants nearby.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
