singeing
- present participle of singe.
Example Sentences
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For Jessa Calderon, a Chumash and Tongva songwriter, these disconnects are ever-present in the concrete-hardened rivers snaking through Los Angeles, and the sour taste of industrialization often singeing the air.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
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
The singeing makes the xoon not just a veneer but an ingredient in itself, changing the rest of the dish, as the smoke settles into the rice, whispering its way into every cranny.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
Sometimes he sets fire to the topmost layer, singeing its surface and revealing what’s below.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019
On fire, the car skidded across the patio and over the slate walk, singeing the grass as it wheeled and bounced across the yard.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
