- past perfect of sear.
Example Sentences
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The temperature in Beijing breached 41 degrees Celsius on Thursday and shattered the record for the hottest day in June as heatwaves that had seared northern China a week earlier returned to the Chinese capital.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023
The temperature in Beijing breached 41 degrees Celsius on Thursday and shattered the record for the hottest day in June as heatwaves that had seared northern China a week earlier returned to the Chinese capital.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023
Such was my first in-the-flesh encounter with Jackson, who died Thursday at the age of 87 and who had seared herself into my teenage consciousness decades earlier as an uncompromisingly modern, sui generis movie star.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
The fire grew quickly, fueled by dry timber and heavy winds, and by Friday it had seared through more than 5,850 acres and was only 10% contained.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2021
II His cold was getting worse and worse, and each cough caused a vague pain in his lungs that lingered on for moments after the cough had seared his throat and chest.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
