blackened
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unblackened adjective
Example Sentences
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The source - the smell of the remains of burnt out ambulances, which lie blackened in a car park next to a synagogue in the north-west London suburb.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
His angular head topped with a green felt crown; his toothy mouth a sinister, grimacing gash; his eyes blackened with what looks like charcoal.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
The breadcrumb shards that blackened and caramelized at the edges of the sheet pan.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Parts of Penco and the adjacent port of Lirquen have been reduced to a blackened landscape of fire-gutted homes, melted cars and twisted metal.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Only one end is blackened charcoal but that’s exactly what I want.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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