Example Sentences

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Still, the criticism of his son, and the questions about whether Jared Kushner left behind a troubled company, have been searing.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2018

For years, these grilles have been searing the unwitting with waffle-like patterns.

From Time Magazine Archive

His finger might as well have been searing embers, as the large bump on his head throbbed against the touch.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

If he suspected,—and I think he did,—he preferred not to ask the questions that must have been searing his curious brain.

From A Fool and His Money by McCutcheon, George Barr