How to Use scorcher in a Sentence

scorcher

noun
Definition of scorchernext
  • Tomorrow is going to be a real scorcher.
  • In addition, the rest of the week is going to be a scorcher.
    — Hannah Fry, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
  • Reinach, South Africa’s third-choice No. 9, scored two scorchers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Early in the game, the scorcher is a game-tying double.
    — Dan Gelston, ajc, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Harper walked with one out in the third and Peña jumped to grab Castellanos’ 105 mph scorcher.
    — Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • But on Thursday evening, the agency warned that next week will be a scorcher.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2022
  • Heat alerts have been posted from Texas to Illinois for the next few days as a summer scorcher slams the Plains and the South.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 July 2022
  • The rain never stopped this winter and spring has hardly been a scorcher.
    — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
  • The weekend looks like a scorcher, with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid-90s, or maybe a bit higher.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 13 July 2020
  • The Fourth of July holiday is stacking up to be a scorcher for most of the nation.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 30 June 2024
  • It’s been an absolute scorcher in the United States, the hottest summer on record.
    — Timmy Broderick, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The amount of those scorchers Bello can keep on the ground may dictate his future success.
    — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In a wet summer with no real scorchers, its blossoms last a long time.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Even for one of the typically hottest months of the year worldwide, July was a scorcher.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Even for a sport that promotes high heat, Saturday was a scorcher across the majors.
    — Justin Carissimo, CBS News, 21 July 2019
  • Stanton’s hit was a scorcher to right-center at 114 mph (per Statcast).
    — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 June 2017
  • But the temperate weather will be a thing of the past during this weekend’s scorcher.
    — Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
  • Dozens of spray parks in Greater Boston are already open for the season — just in time for this weekend's scorcher.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
  • This latest mega-heat scorcher is said to be the worst of its kind since this century began.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • Boston was not expected to break records but will still be a scorcher, with highs predicted in the low-to mid-80s.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • As the scorcher expands east, New York will bake this weekend and so will Vermont up to the border with Canada.
    — Dean Reynolds, CBS News, 29 June 2018
  • There was only one day that recalled the typical scorchers of ’93.
    — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Lansdale makes a triumphant return to his Hap and Leonard novels with this scorcher.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • After a bit of a scorcher today, the weather the rest of the week will be mostly magnificent.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Jon Lester threw 100 pitches in five innings that day and is scheduled to start Friday’s scorcher.
    — Tim Bannon, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
  • This Fourth of July is shaping up to be quite a scorcher, and Paramount Network has just the thing to keep you comfortable.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
  • The Dowager Countess just sit in front a camera and deliver scorchers for an hour and 48 minutes?
    — Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, 13 July 2018
  • If fairgoers are wary about another scorcher, there are plenty of spots to escape the heat and sun at this year’s fair.
    — Julia Sclafani and Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 12 July 2018
  • But unfortunately for the dudes who'll be on the field and the fans in the stands, Game 1 is going to be a scorcher of an affair ... literally.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Her third-round 67 tied the day’s best score on another scorcher in suburban Chicago.
    — Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY, 30 June 2018

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