Example Sentences

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Back-to-back heat waves have roasted parts of the U.S. in the past month, particularly the central and eastern regions of the country.

From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2022

Al Franken, Ray Romano, Jon Stewart, Wanda Sykes and Larry Wilmore are among those who have roasted the president and the press.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2018

“Any offense in this league, your stars lead the way,” added Trotz, whose Capitals have roasted their old nemesis goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury, for 16 goals in four games.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2018

During the Han Dynasty in 200 B.C., people are said to have roasted bamboo stalks until they would turn black and sizzle, and the air inside the hollow stalks explode.

From Time • Jul. 3, 2017

"At Stralsund," he says, "I fell full into the infernal caldron, and I have roasted there for forty years."

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew