1
: very hot
2
: marked by extreme intensity, harshness, or emotional power
searing pain
a searing review
a searing portrayal
searingly
adverb
Examples of searing in a Sentence
the searing heat of the fire
She felt a searing pain in her foot.
She made a searing attack on her political enemies.
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Clad in plaintive whites, Efron and Karagach delivered a searing testimony to the power of dance, through dance.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
The grief of that truth was searing.
—Lauren Boswell, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
Think of it as a cross between a deep sauté pan and a small Dutch oven, with plenty of surface space for searing, simmering, frying, and stir-frying.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Nov. 2025
And throughout that process, there was pain—searing, impossible pain—located not within her body but at the site of the missing appendages.
—Boyce Upholt, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
The grief of that truth was searing.
—Lauren Boswell, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
Think of it as a cross between a deep sauté pan and a small Dutch oven, with plenty of surface space for searing, simmering, frying, and stir-frying.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Nov. 2025
And throughout that process, there was pain—searing, impossible pain—located not within her body but at the site of the missing appendages.
—Boyce Upholt, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for searing
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“Searing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/searing. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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