sear
verb (used with object)
to burn or char the surface of.
is searing
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present progressiveof sear (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The idea is whimsical, but the reality is searing.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
If your enduring memory of a golf school experience is searing heat, bleeding hands and an overwhelming blur of information, you need to get updated.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 24, 2020
Funds are fast falling, and the despair is searing.
From Fox News ● Sep. 11, 2019
Kerry’s portrait of a changing Congress is searing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2018
I do not cry out, though there is searing pain.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
