How to Use torch in a Sentence

torch

1 of 2 noun
  • The call to action is to ask the president to pass the torch.
    Chuck Todd, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Perhaps there was a passing of the torch of some sort in the game.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The trunk will open from the top to reveal the Olympic torch and store the Olympic medals inside.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
  • If your pipes do freeze, do not thaw them with a torch.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Lightly brown the edges of the swirls with a kitchen torch for even more drama.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
  • If ever there was a time for Cena to pass the torch, this is it.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • That duo passed the torch to Princess, a 1-year-old lab who plays Bear during the dog's spunky youth.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Starstruck is a rom-com carrying the torch for the classics.
    Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Jones hopes to pass the torch to a buyer who will preserve the business.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Hoover dynasty torch has been passed to Wade Waldrop to lead the Bucs’ program.
    al, 20 Oct. 2022
  • For perspective, the height of the Statue of Liberty is 151 feet from the base to the torch.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Was a big fan of the tangy cranberry and had fun using my kitchen torch on the meringue.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2022
  • As the world watched, Ito stood resolute with the torch in her hand and turned to light the Olympic caldron.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023
  • If America lost, there would be no one left to take up the torch.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Men in balaclavas stormed buses and vans and put them to the torch all over town.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Clay and another one of the younger members of the group plan on carrying the torch.
    Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
  • One of the men sparked a butane torch and began searing Michael’s flesh.
    Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Strong enough to withstand the power of the claw, the gear was cut in half with a demolition torch.
    Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • So pick one of these 20 unique and easy Mother's Day card ideas, and fold and cut it yourself or pass the torch to your kids.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Lindsay kind of handed the torch to Luke, Dahl’s grandson.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Seniors do not come around and formally pass the torch.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In his art, Reva channels that fury, fiery as the burst of sparks that fly from his welding torch.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There are, unfortunately, a lot of things a torch can burn to a crisp.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The House Democrats are passing the torch to a new generation of leaders.
    ABC News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Each previous year, that torch was held by Samuel Adams.
    Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The plane is intact, sealed; the latching mechanism of the door has to be removed with a cutting torch.
    Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
  • Abdul-Jabbar, who held the record for just shy of four decades, was on hand to pass the torch, or in this case, a basketball on.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Finally, McKenzie passed the torch, which turned out to be the image of one on his smartphone.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The contest between him and Djokovic was a fight between generations—the greatest player in one cohort trying not to pass the torch to the one who’s up next.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
  • After a few blasts of a blow torch and several trips back and forth to the furnace, the red-hot glass on the rod turns cobalt blue and forms what will eventually become a 7-inch vase.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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torch

2 of 2 verb
  • An arsonist torched the building.
  • The beds, the safe rooms and the central war room were torched.
    Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • All the equipment, as well as the floor, is torched and covered in ash.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2023
  • And the point when the Nittany Lions began to torch the twine.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Against Kansas State and Baylor, the Sooners were torched on the ground.
    Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Palm trees were torched, boats in the harbor were scorched and the stench of burning lingered.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Palm trees were torched, boats in the harbor were scorched, and the stench of burning lingered.
    BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The complex is made up of several fires; the largest, the Head fire, has torched at least 6,419 acres.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As Berg torched Chaos on one end, Kelly did so on the other.
    Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • And both believe that the only way to save the country is to torch that system.
    Andrew Cline, National Review, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Mitchell and others tried to torch the truck, but the windows were rolled up and the fire had no oxygen.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Their car was later found still parked at the entrance gate, torched.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Harden torched that for a while, then took off in third quarter.
    Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The rest of the women use their time to torch their absent enemy, Shanae.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Vasilevskiy was torched by the Avs for six goals on 24 shots earlier this season.
    Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Roberson’s car was later found torched and in pieces about 24 miles from where she was last seen.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Arizona was torched by tight ends week after week last year.
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 23 Apr. 2020
  • On Friday, the same day that Khamenei delivered a speech to the nation, posters of Soleimani were torn down and torched in at least nine cities.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Scott would steal a truck with out-of-state plates, and someone would bring accelerants to torch the house.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Rivals have been known to torch each other’s fishing boats.
    Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2019
  • And not small lasers designed to torch infantrymen and drones, either.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Daemon uses his dragon — a sinewy, snake-like beast called Caraxes — to torch their ships and troops.
    Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Add a whole cinnamon stick and briefly torch the tip of it with a lighter to add some cinnamon smoke aroma.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • How many times were Alabama’s defensive backs torched over the top?
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The Tigers won, and Edwards-Helaire has continued to torch defenses.
    Christopher Smith, al, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Its bankruptcy ends a saga that torched billions of Softbank Group Inc.’s cash.
    Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The Colts properly use the bye week to flush the Cowboys loss and come out with their best game script of the season to torch a rebuilding Vikings defense.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In order to even the score with the vigilantes who torch him like s'mores, Freddy stalks their children on and off the titular Elms Street.
    Steven Thrash, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • All of this means Allen and the passing attack figure to be eager and ready for the Chargers, who have been torched through the air repeatedly in 2023.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Raleigh native Byrum Brown, who torched the Charlotte defense for five touchdowns, is returning as signal-caller for the Bulls this season.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024

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