Example Sentences

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On a scorchingly hot day in the American Midwest, Tim Maxwell is voicing his fears about the future of farming.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

My method was always bringing the steak to room temperature, salting it heavily, then cooking it in a cast-iron pan that was scorchingly hot before basting with butter, garlic thyme and rosemary.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2024

I’d like to have seen them square off against the great French filmmaker Claire Denis for her scorchingly beautiful work on “Beau Travail.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2021

The unofficial kickoff of music festival season began at Coachella in Indio, California this month, where emerging and big names coalesce for two scorchingly hot, endlessly sweaty weekends.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2016

The night seemed all the more beautiful because the day had been scorchingly hot.

From Nobody's Boy Sans Famille by Crewe-Jones, Florence