How to Use scorched in a Sentence

scorched

adjective
  • The home was left scorched, with the roof caved in and windows smashed out.
    — Natalie Brophy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2019
  • After all, there’s no faster way to ruin a meal than a scorched, mushy or dried out side.
    — Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY, 7 July 2020
  • There might be too much in place to go scorched earth for Pat Riley.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 May 2018
  • The scorched earth may be from the crash or the fire, authorities said.
    — CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Make sure your indoor plants don't overdo it on sunlight and end up scorched and sad.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Captain’s scorched and mottled fur looked as though it had been dipped in ashes and rolled in mud.
    — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Now just about every native oak tree is scorched and black, with leafy new growth emerging amid the char.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Then there’s the scorched earth take on the old versions of herself written in headlines.
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 28 Aug. 2017
  • But are Russia's scorched-earth advances in the Donbas a sign that the tide of war has shifted in its favor?
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 27 May 2022
  • Wolkoff went scorched earth on her ex-BFF of nearly two decades in this vengeful tell-all, out in September.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2020
  • If possible, wait until the extreme temperatures cool to apply pesticides that can cause scorched leaves.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • Later the day of the arson, a young man with scorched hands faced an FBI agent and others investigating the crime.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026

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