How to Use scorched in a Sentence

scorched

adjective

• The home was left scorched, with the roof caved in and windows smashed out.
  — Natalie Brophy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2019
• Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in the fire-scorched desert.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• What was left of her house was a scorched concrete hole in the ground.
  — Kathryn Scanlan, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• The scorched vines mean that there will be no 2020 harvest.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• But their scorched-earth tactics are tough on the body.
  — Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 6 Mar. 2020
• Some of their bodies burned to ash in the carcass of scorched cars.
  — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2020
• The rain washed away what was left of the soil, taking with it the scorched logs and trees and rocks and ashes.
  — azcentral, 15 May 2018
• There might be too much in place to go scorched earth for Pat Riley.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 May 2018
• Videos from the scene of one strike appeared to show a crater of scorched earth in the middle of a playground.
  — Cora Engelbrecht, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• But left behind will be the scorched earth that is prone to runoff and flash flooding.
  — CNN, 1 Aug. 2021
• Somewhere beneath the clouds were the lush rain forests of the Hilo side to the east and the scorched lava fields on the Kona side to the west.
  — Woody Connette, charlotteobserver, 14 July 2017
• Today, a big deal in the scorched-earth battle of morning TV.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2022
• The fires had largely been contained by Sunday, but the scorched earth and the thick shroud of smoke remained.
  — Tom Taylor, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Geese seem to find these scorched areas within a day or two.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 7 Jan. 2021
• The actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes.
  — Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022
• After all, there’s no faster way to ruin a meal than a scorched, mushy or dried out side.
  — Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY, 7 July 2020
• Pass a scorched black tree that was perhaps struck by lightning.
  — Jillian Kay Melchior, WSJ, 9 May 2019
• And the other one going full-on, junior high scorched earth.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 19 May 2022
• Then there’s the scorched earth take on the old versions of herself written in headlines.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 28 Aug. 2017
• Here, too, there’s plenty of snow (and beneath it, plenty of scorched earth).
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
• Captain’s scorched and mottled fur looked as though it had been dipped in ashes and rolled in mud.
  — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 8 Oct. 2020
• Since then, the scorched earth has given way to a resurgence of desert shrubs, trees and wildflowers.
  — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 27 Feb. 2020
• The scorched-earth impacts of climate change have arrived.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2020
• No one knows the total death toll from the scorched-earth battles, firing squads, and famines that swept back and forth across the land for three years.
  — Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2022
• Herrgård’s flavors range from scorched milk and yeast bread to beeswax, with a smooth, pliable paste.
  — Tia Keenan, Bon Appetit, 20 Mar. 2017
• Remnants of a scorched semitrailer truck could be seen behind the gate to the warehouse.
  — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2019
• Now just about every native oak tree is scorched and black, with leafy new growth emerging amid the char.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
• Make sure your indoor plants don't overdo it on sunlight and end up scorched and sad.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
• The event was held in front of a scorched grassland at the end of Bothwell Drive in the Vineyard community.
  — Adesuwa Agbonile, sacbee, 28 June 2018
• Islay is, of course, known its peated single malt scotch, ranging from gentle backyard fire pit level to scorched earth wildfire.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024