How to Use searing in a Sentence

searing

adjective
Definition of searingnext
Synonyms for searingnext
  • She felt a searing pain in her foot.
  • She made a searing attack on her political enemies.
  • Both goals came from searing crosses to the back side of the goal.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
  • The images were some of the most searing of the pandemic.
    — Biman Mukherji, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Clothes were laid out on the ground to dry under a searing sun.
    — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • His head was caked with blood that had dried quickly in the searing heat.
    — Andrew Downie, Time, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Albrecht wore a face mask much of that season to cope with the searing smoke.
    — Madeline Ostrander, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022
  • 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
  • The searing heat is making its way to the Upper Midwest.
    — Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
  • 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
  • By Danin Pepper is a high-end hot sauce that gives every dish a searing bite.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2023
  • It’s a searing portrait of a working-class man who has struggled all his life to achieve.
    — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 9 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • The triple-digit record was not a freak event, either, but instead part of a searing heat wave.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2020
  • As are the emotions that Wright and her cast display in a searing portrait of death and rebirth.
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Of course, the searing rally in the stocks could be the result of excessive optimism and the stocks could fall.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Even the iPhone 14 Pro Max doesn't have the zoom range for it, and the phone's autoexposure will turn the moon into a searing blob of white.
    — WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The searing heat has forced outdoor workers like Das to change their working hours.
    — Soumya Sarkar, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2022
  • What a searing indictment of freelance life this episode has turned out to be!
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2021
  • The Princess is at once fodder for royal spectators—and a searing indictment of the role the public and the press played in her death.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The searing neon hues were a nod to some of Galliano’s ultra-bright past collections.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • The most common methods are sautéing, searing, oven-baking and grilling.
    — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The track opens with a searing Master of Reality-style guitar riff, paired with a video of the New York trio caked in mud.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2024
  • Many of their messages were soaring and searing and eloquent.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Before Utah’s searing, mega-drought summer, came the winter storm of 2021.
    — Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Alas, Earth recently finished a searing streak of 12 straight months at or above 1.5 degrees.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Meteorologists blame the searing temperatures on a heat dome, which occurs when a high-pressure system traps air near the ground and warms it up.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'searing.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: