How to Use singed in a Sentence

singed

adjective

• There’s nothing quite like the smell of your own singed flesh.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
• Austin was able to find refuge for singed items at Pillsbury House.
  — Ashley Tyner, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Instruments around the perimeter snatched up samples of the singed particles spewing into the air.
  — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Las Mañanitas is a creamy and cinnamon-flavored concoction complete with a singed marshmallow.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Aug 2024