How to Use singed in a Sentence
singed
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There’s nothing quite like the smell of your own singed flesh.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
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Austin was able to find refuge for singed items at Pillsbury House.
—Ashley Tyner, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2021
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The most recent images from the camera show rows and rows of singed trunks and branches that were once lush, green trees.
—Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
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The singed ruffles on the gem lettuce are thanks to their pass over burning apple wood and mesquite in a mesh wire pan.
—Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
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Don’t let that singed smell put you off though—in lab rats, celery extract did terminate a third of pregnancies.
—Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2012
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Instruments around the perimeter snatched up samples of the singed particles spewing into the air.
—New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
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After he gets struck again, just outside the door, Don walks back into the shop, grabs a bottle off the counter, douses his singed shoulder, and crashes sideways onto the ground.
—The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2021
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With singed whiskers and burned paws from a wildfire, a baby bobcat wandered into a neighborhood east of Springfield in search of safety and food.
—Mindy Moradi and Sophie Cadran, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
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While many renovators may not think about features such as sink placement, for instance, making sure the sink is close enough to the stove can be the difference between a kitchen that’s a pleasure to cook in and many a singed finger.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 27 Oct. 2022
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The fog — fragrant from singed cardamom, cinnamon and hickory — cleared once the cover was removed, bringing the four-ounce amber drink, chilled with a pristine chunk of ice, into focus.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2023
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The Las Mañanitas is a creamy and cinnamon-flavored concoction complete with a singed marshmallow.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
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In nearby Morton National Park, vibrant green shoots sprouted from trees charred to the color of obsidian, and emerald cycads, palmlike plants dating to Jurassic times, bloomed from singed trunks.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2020
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The singed orange flavor combined with cinnamon and anise takes an already-good hot toddy and turns it into an ethereal holiday concoction.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 17 Oct. 2022
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