Example Sentences

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For a month, unheard-of temperatures had been searing the West and Midwest.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

When during the morning Frederick found a moment to himself, he took from his pocket the letter that had been searing through his clothing to his heart.

From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.

But, alone in her own room, the pent-up passion that had been searing poor Jerry's soul burst; with furious fingers she tore off the brown poplin dress and threw it into a corner.

From Highacres by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt