How to Use torch in a Sentence

torch

1 of 2 noun

• The call to action is to ask the president to pass the torch.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Perhaps there was a passing of the torch of some sort in the game.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
• The trunk will open from the top to reveal the Olympic torch and store the Olympic medals inside.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
• If your pipes do freeze, do not thaw them with a torch.
  — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Lightly brown the edges of the swirls with a kitchen torch for even more drama.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
• If ever there was a time for Cena to pass the torch, this is it.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• That duo passed the torch to Princess, a 1-year-old lab who plays Bear during the dog's spunky youth.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
• Starstruck is a rom-com carrying the torch for the classics.
  — Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 16 Nov. 2023
• Jones hopes to pass the torch to a buyer who will preserve the business.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
• The Hoover dynasty torch has been passed to Wade Waldrop to lead the Bucs’ program.
  — al, 20 Oct. 2022
• For perspective, the height of the Statue of Liberty is 151 feet from the base to the torch.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
• Was a big fan of the tangy cranberry and had fun using my kitchen torch on the meringue.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2022
• As the world watched, Ito stood resolute with the torch in her hand and turned to light the Olympic caldron.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023
• If America lost, there would be no one left to take up the torch.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• Men in balaclavas stormed buses and vans and put them to the torch all over town.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
• Clay and another one of the younger members of the group plan on carrying the torch.
  — Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• One of the men sparked a butane torch and began searing Michael’s flesh.
  — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
• Strong enough to withstand the power of the claw, the gear was cut in half with a demolition torch.
  — Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
• So pick one of these 20 unique and easy Mother's Day card ideas, and fold and cut it yourself or pass the torch to your kids.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
• Lindsay kind of handed the torch to Luke, Dahl’s grandson.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
• Seniors do not come around and formally pass the torch.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
• In his art, Reva channels that fury, fiery as the burst of sparks that fly from his welding torch.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• There are, unfortunately, a lot of things a torch can burn to a crisp.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
• The House Democrats are passing the torch to a new generation of leaders.
  — ABC News, 4 Dec. 2022
• Each previous year, that torch was held by Samuel Adams.
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2023
• The plane is intact, sealed; the latching mechanism of the door has to be removed with a cutting torch.
  — Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• Abdul-Jabbar, who held the record for just shy of four decades, was on hand to pass the torch, or in this case, a basketball on.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
• Finally, McKenzie passed the torch, which turned out to be the image of one on his smartphone.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• The fire marshal had determined that tiki torch fluid was used to start the blaze.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2022
• Don’t be afraid to pass the torch to others who are better suited for certain tasks.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023

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torch

2 of 2 verb

• An arsonist torched the building.
• The beds, the safe rooms and the central war room were torched.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• All the equipment, as well as the floor, is torched and covered in ash.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2023
• And the point when the Nittany Lions began to torch the twine.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2020
• Against Kansas State and Baylor, the Sooners were torched on the ground.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Palm trees were torched, boats in the harbor were scorched and the stench of burning lingered.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• Palm trees were torched, boats in the harbor were scorched, and the stench of burning lingered.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
• The complex is made up of several fires; the largest, the Head fire, has torched at least 6,419 acres.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• As Berg torched Chaos on one end, Kelly did so on the other.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• And both believe that the only way to save the country is to torch that system.
  — Andrew Cline, National Review, 2 Nov. 2020
• Mitchell and others tried to torch the truck, but the windows were rolled up and the fire had no oxygen.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
• Their car was later found still parked at the entrance gate, torched.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Harden torched that for a while, then took off in third quarter.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2019
• The rest of the women use their time to torch their absent enemy, Shanae.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2022
• Vasilevskiy was torched by the Avs for six goals on 24 shots earlier this season.
  — Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 17 Feb. 2020
• Roberson’s car was later found torched and in pieces about 24 miles from where she was last seen.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 7 Aug. 2023
• Arizona was torched by tight ends week after week last year.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 23 Apr. 2020
• On Friday, the same day that Khamenei delivered a speech to the nation, posters of Soleimani were torn down and torched in at least nine cities.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 17 Jan. 2020
• Scott would steal a truck with out-of-state plates, and someone would bring accelerants to torch the house.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
• Rivals have been known to torch each other’s fishing boats.
  — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2019
• And not small lasers designed to torch infantrymen and drones, either.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2020
• Daemon uses his dragon — a sinewy, snake-like beast called Caraxes — to torch their ships and troops.
  — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2022
• Add a whole cinnamon stick and briefly torch the tip of it with a lighter to add some cinnamon smoke aroma.
  — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
• How many times were Alabama’s defensive backs torched over the top?
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• The Tigers won, and Edwards-Helaire has continued to torch defenses.
  — Christopher Smith, al, 25 Nov. 2019
• Its bankruptcy ends a saga that torched billions of Softbank Group Inc.’s cash.
  — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
• The Colts properly use the bye week to flush the Cowboys loss and come out with their best game script of the season to torch a rebuilding Vikings defense.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022
• In order to even the score with the vigilantes who torch him like s'mores, Freddy stalks their children on and off the titular Elms Street.
  — Steven Thrash, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• Here’s one of them: Finding a way to keep their linebackers from being torched in pass coverage.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• Nash did play, torching the Trojans with six catches for 89 yards and three touchdowns.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024