How to Use scorch in a Sentence

scorch

1 of 2 verb
Definition of scorchnext
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  • Overall, the Suns shot a scorching 56.8% from the floor.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
  • The homes and yards right next to that first dirt road, where the cars were trapped, are now scorched black.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Some plants may have brown, scorched leaves, and some may die.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • The survival of the tree is in question: many of its limbs have been scorched.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Invest in a flat iron that doesn't just scorch your hair.
    — ELLE, 23 June 2022
  • The first is that under watering can scorch or burn the leaves.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Buildings are left scorched with debris strewn across the road in the kibbutz.
    — Richard Engel, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The ground where the vehicle was had been blackened by the fire, and scorched items lay scattered.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Roofs have been torn off, walls scorched and windows blown out.
    — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Williams scorched Arkansas early and was key to the Tigers scoring the game's first 18 points.
    — Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The foil over the pan will help the potatoes steam and turn tender and keep the sugar mixture from scorching.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
  • But a scorching rinse may be making your face even more parched.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In this case, it’s honey, which will scorch in a hot oven when cooked for more than 10 minutes.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • In that case, the door to a utility substation was scorched but the fire didn’t go inside.
    — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • So far, two deaths in Beijing have been attributed to the scorching heat.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
  • Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on the outside of the bread (this will keep it from scorching on the griddle).
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The Lakers were scorching through the end of the year while the Grizzlies dropped four of their last seven games to end the regular season.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Boats in the harbor were scorched, and smoke hovered over the town, which dates to the 1700s and is the biggest community on the island's west side.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The scorching conditions have been blamed for at least 13 deaths in the state, health officials said.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 1 July 2023
  • The three wooden crosses, which had been a mahogany brown color, had been scorched to black.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • Cars were smashed and scorched, and shops were closed as people gathered in the streets and offered food to one another.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
  • The fire had blackened the cemetery’s soil, scorching trees and dumping ash on white gravestones.
    — Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Since 1943, a hit parade of swinging jazz tracks, scorching rockers and hip-hop bangers have ranked as the year’s top song.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Be sure to toast the flour carefully and slowly while watching for color changes so the flour does not scorch.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Brown kept the inning alive with a scorching comebacker toward the mound.
    — Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected], al, 2 June 2023
  • Asked to put out the fire, John Schreiber was instead scorched for a bases-clearing double by Josh Naylor that made it 6-5.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Plus, spring is the ideal time to visit before these desert gems start scorching in the summer heat.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The weather in Las Vegas on Thursday is scorching, with a high of 102 degrees.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2023
  • The scorching new track is stuffed with dizzying riffs that always seem to lead to downbeat punches.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The extreme fire danger includes areas scorched by the Smokehouse Creek Fire.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
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scorch

2 of 2 noun
  • Other parts of the world have felt the scorch this year.
    — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 8 June 2023
  • The grease left a scorch mark on the brick below the drive-thru window.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 26 Apr. 2022
  • There are scorch marks on the pavement where a city truck was burned.
    — Bill Glauber, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2020
  • But black scorch marks above the grate revealed fires that had once burned in it.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The fire at the Way, however, burned other bins and left scorch marks on the back wall of the church.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Thousands of trees, burned and chairlifts still bear scorch marks from the blaze.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The burning of the flag left scorch marks on the front porch but there was no structural damage due to the fire, police said.
    — Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The saucepan also performed well in our scorch test — barely any sauce stuck to the bottom of it.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2022
  • All of them are guaranteed to slide you into a cool comfort zone that soothes the scorch of the hottest days.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 July 2021
  • Cold enough for you … ? … asked no one living in our scorch-and-sizzle places.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • There were scorch marks in places where soldiers had prepared food.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The Newport News Daily Press reports that the torching left a large scorch mark in the pavement.
    — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 6 July 2019
  • There were scorch marks in places where soldiers had prepared food.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The scorch marks across the landscape are visible from satellites.
    — Washington Post, 8 June 2019
  • Both Bird and Lime seem to be wising up to the limitations of the scorch-the-earth strategy.
    — Johana Bhuiyan, Recode, 30 Aug. 2018
  • As the sun rose, close-up views showed the large white and black capsule upright with hardly any scorch marks from re-entry.
    — Marcia Dunn, SFChronicle.com, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Leaf scorch: Leaf margins will have a brown or burned appearance.
    — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Synagogue staff also found scorch marks from recent fires set in front of the doors to the sanctuary.
    — oregonlive, 7 May 2022
  • And dozens of rare sea turtles washed up on Sri Lanka's beaches, some with what appeared to be scorch marks on their shells.
    — Helen Regan and Chandler Thornton, CNN, 24 July 2021
  • Leaf scorch is not the only possible reason for browned leaves.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2022
  • Otherwise, its effort to light a fire under HBO Max could leave scorch marks.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2020
  • The presidential helicopter isn’t supposed to leave scorch marks on the White House lawn.
    — Fortune, 20 July 2019
  • The inside walls, floors and appliances had been spray painted and a gun safe had scorch marks on it from a blow torch, according to court records.
    — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Nothing takes the edge off summer scorch as effectively as a few cold beers.
    — Kara Martinez Bachman, NOLA.com, 31 May 2017
  • Issa trashes her apartment, prompted by the presence of the scorch marks still left behind on her ceiling from the garbage fire in episode one.
    — Cate Young, Cosmopolitan, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Examining tree rings and scorch marks, Stephens was able to construct a record of fires dating back to the sixteen-hundreds.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Recent missile firings might leave minor scorch marks or fouling on the Lubeck’s paint job, but the ship looks pristine.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Folks came out in droves, not only to compete, but to cheer on competitors and sample scorch-worthy fare.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • Fires suspected to be started by faulty electrical wiring scorch homes in Milwaukee’s poorest ZIP code at five times the rate of the rest of the city.
    — jsonline.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring often to ensure that the semolina doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot and scorch, until porridge thickens and has a nutty aroma, 15-20 minutes.
    — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022

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