sear
verb (used with object)
to burn or char the surface of.
have seared
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present perfectof sear.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The urgent search for victims of the wildfires in Maui this week has evoked painful memories of dozens of other fatal blazes that have seared the American landscape, especially in the West.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
More than 6,400 wildfires have seared the state this year, with several paths of death and destruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
But the images from this town an hour’s drive from Kyiv have seared themselves into global consciousness like no other.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
Now, it doesn’t mean that this 30-year-old memory that I have seared in my mind is false.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2018
There shall perish like a flame The passions which have seared my tortured soul All my life long.
From Mr. Faust by Arthur Davison Ficke
