How to Use searing in a Sentence

searing

adjective
  • She felt a searing pain in her foot.
  • She made a searing attack on her political enemies.
  • The grief of that truth was searing.
    — Lauren Boswell, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Take a break from pan searing pork chops and fire up the grill.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
  • There have been some searing images in the past two weeks.
    — Mishal Husain, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Clothes were laid out on the ground to dry under a searing sun.
    — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Both goals came from searing crosses to the back side of the goal.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
  • Some might call it a searing eyesore.
    — New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
  • His head was caked with blood that had dried quickly in the searing heat.
    — Andrew Downie, Time, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The point is, the searing summer months are a great time to try out these cool, tasty drinks.
    — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
  • Albrecht wore a face mask much of that season to cope with the searing smoke.
    — Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022
  • Bouchard’s five-on-five on-ice outscoring is a searing total.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • What began as searing pain in one of his arms was now a relentless ache in his chest.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 29 June 2026
  • What a searing indictment of freelance life this episode has turned out to be!
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2021
  • This year, McDavid is on a searing pace and leads the league in points.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The sting of a yellow jacket, hornet, or wasp is sharp, searing, and hot.
    — Hannah Hoag, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2020
  • As blazes burned across Portugal, the searing heat smashed records.
    — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Many of their messages were soaring and searing and eloquent.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The triple-digit record was not a freak event, either, but instead part of a searing heat wave.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2020
  • The most common methods are sautéing, searing, oven-baking and grilling.
    — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Think of it as a massive skillet for cooking veggies and searing steaks.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And first baseman Colby Thorndyke comes in with a searing swing.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • The searing heat has forced outdoor workers like Das to change their working hours.
    — Soumya Sarkar, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2022
  • By Danin Pepper is a high-end hot sauce that gives every dish a searing bite.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2023
  • Storms in the South can topple shade trees, opening yards to the searing summer sun.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Cooked this way, the chicken will turn out juicy and tender, while the crust of the chicken is crisp from the searing process.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The crew had languished for weeks at the mercy of storms, a searing sun and the constant threat of shark attacks.
    — Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • Soldiers are stationed at gas stations to calm customers, who line up for hours in the searing heat to fill their tanks.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 5 Apr. 2022
  • For him, the pain was searing, but dissipated much more quickly.
    — Eva Flowe june 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
  • Many have been forced to spend hours in the searing heat to fill their tanks at gas stations, or to receive supplies of food and medicine.
    — Iqbal Athas, CNN, 7 May 2022

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