Sentence examples for had singed from inspiring English sources
He had long been fascinated by Francis Drake, who had singed the beard of superpower Spain.
Fire had singed the steel bowls on a metal rack to pitch black.
As pursuit of the highest office tends to do, the scalding campaign had singed certain relationships.
How are we going to defend ourselves?" Mr. Cuffari pointed to a spot where flames had singed his car's hatchback.
THE electrical burns had singed deep scars across his face, destroying large swaths of blood vessels, which are needed to connect new tissue to build facial features.
It was much the same in the two earlier rounds when the Dragons had singed the beards of Bath and Gloucester only to be outmuscled.
Still, this week's revelations have singed both Mr Hunt and David Cameron.
But not, it seems, in north London, where the little people have singed the beard of international capital.Well, sort of.
I've singed my eyelashes and eyebrows, fallen asleep while smoking, and dreamt of cigarettes — of relapses and flames and bitter withdrawal.
Instead, the blaze has singed no one but Moretti: the director of Dear Diary and The Caiman now stands accused of selling out and going soft; the one-time scourge of Berlusconi has been recast as establishment lapdog.
It runs from sweat bees ("1.0. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm") to bullhorn acacia ants ("1.8. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek") to bullet ants ("4.0+. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail in your heel").
