Sentence examples for scorching like from inspiring English sources

From a 1975 "Rosenkavalier" I can never forget how Josephine Barstow as Octavian clenched her hands, in polite frustration, like fists — a tiny effect, yet scorching like a brand — on the penultimate note of her final line in Act I. Other examples stay in my head.

The ice water stung and scorched like fire.

I was beyond burned out: I was scorched, like a marshmallow on a stick held too close to the fire.

She had fainted because she had seen a vision of the Elfin, with the last fairy scorched like an insect.

It's what you need for béarnaise or hollandaise sauce; it also does not scorch like regular butter, which is a boon when sautéing.

It's a fine accompaniment to a roasted ear of corn on the cob ($2.25), its husk scorched like parchment, the kernels popping with juice and a little melted butter.

Updated at 8.15pm BST 7.36pm BST Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM .@OSCE monitors visited cockpit debris today, say not scorched like other parts of wreckage, add that 37 bodies removed from there, inc crew July 20 , 20147.36pm BST Kiev Post's Christopher Miller tweets: Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM .@OSCE monitors say no bodies visible at #MH17 site today.

He was never going to be a superhero named "Scorch" like Raina had promised.

There are always a couple of antennae being worked on, faces upturned to the scorching sun like overgrown Wall-Es.

We don't have scorching summers like they do in America, or indeed Egypt, so for British people, ice is still not an essential.

Conversely, the scorching selections, like some of the salads and superb curries, provided at least as much flavor as they did incendiary bang.