singe
verb (used with object)
to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
have singed
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present perfectof singe.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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Singleton Schreiber McKenzie & Scott has helmed other wildfire liability suits stemming from several fires that have singed millions of acres in California in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Australia’s wildfires have singed the souls of bystanders in an ongoing tragedy, the dimensions of which haven’t been fully realized.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2020
Yet the striking thing about this moment, after so many months of quietly working the bellows, is that it seems to have singed even Bush himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
When P-51s zoom above him, the plane-crazy boy crash-dives into delirium; his dreams have singed him by flying too close, poisoned him with their oil and cordite.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have singed the beard of the giant.
From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
