singeing
- present participle of singe.
Example Sentences
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He walked down Tahiti Avenue, flying embers singeing his skin, to Temescal Canyon Road, where he had parked his car.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022
They pick through the smoldering charcoal that’s been burned in the kiln for pieces that can still be used, inhaling the soot and singeing their fingers.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022
“Broken Gargoyles” finds her voice as singeing as ever.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Flames shot up in front of her, singeing her eyebrows, but Piper snatched up her sword, unsheathed it and swung before she’d even stopped rolling.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
