Example Sentences

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The motionless form of Gordon, wearing pants and a tight army-green turtleneck that calls to mind Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is searing.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

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

I do not cry out, though there is searing pain.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads