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Recent Examples of singeing
Five digital heat settings make temperature adjustment simple, and the ceramic plates are gentle enough to use on any hair type without singeing.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
18 June 2026
An angry deity hurled a firebrand at the swallow, singeing away its middle tail feathers.
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Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
Anyone who lives in the Valley knows that spring is just a cruel tease anyway, a little taste of paradise before eyebrow-singeing heat is upon us.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 Mar. 2026
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
18 June 2026
An angry deity hurled a firebrand at the swallow, singeing away its middle tail feathers.
—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
Anyone who lives in the Valley knows that spring is just a cruel tease anyway, a little taste of paradise before eyebrow-singeing heat is upon us.
—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singeing
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If hearths had been built in the cave, underlying bones would have shown evidence of charring — but not a single bone out of the 4,500 studied was burned.
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That 18,379-acre fire burned for two weeks, largely charring grass over about a third of the island.
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Rhode Islanders celebrated America's 250th anniversary at the Bristol Fourth of July parade despite scorching temperatures.
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On the corner of West 31st Street and Seventh Avenue, right outside Madison Square Garden, the heat was scorching as the temperature inched to 100 degrees.
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“Singeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singeing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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