How to Use singe in a Sentence

singe

1 of 2 verb

• The wood was singed by the candle.
• And with that, whoosh, our eyebrows were singed and cheeks scorched.
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• There’s a lot of ways to fight back the system that seeks to singe our spirit.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• The hair on the boots were singed but the flames quickly petered out, the video shows.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
• El Sayed will sometimes use a torch to singe the skin of a bird or the scales of a fish.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2019
• Then—and only then—the lump of ravioli will start to singe and burn and smoke.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2020
• Spicy Buffalo sauce won't singe your tongue but adds enough bite and tang to set off the tots.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2017
• His fur was singed and bitten, his arm broken, and his mouth crawling with maggots.
  — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
• That Galás’ singing on albums and in concert can cut and singe is a matter of record.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
• The hair on the boots were singed but the flames quickly petered out, a video of the incident shows.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
• Gus's chicken comes hot enough to burn your fingers and seasoned to singe your tongue, but never too much.
  — Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2011
• The glowing embers of the pyrotechnics singe the roofs of the estate.
  — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
• Cut clothesline into pieces to fit your design, and singe the ends of each piece to prevent fraying.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• But the stock's heat could someday singe investors, some critics warned Thursday.
  — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2020
• Remove the wings at the first joint, then take a propane torch or the burner on your stove to singe away the delicate pin feathers.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2020
• The hair on the toe of the woman’s boot was singed but the flames quickly petered out, prosecutors said.
  — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
• Moeller opened his door when a fireball engulfed the pressurized cabin, singeing the hair on their arms, legs and faces.
  — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 4 July 2018
• The unmistakable signature of chilli thrips are blooms that look deformed, scorched, singed and burnt.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
• Four years earlier, in May 2021, a great blaze had swept close enough to singe the trees around us.
  — Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
• Both of these drying mistakes can singe the fibers, making your once fluffy towels stiff and uncomfortable.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
• An angry deity hurled a firebrand at the swallow, singeing away its middle tail feathers.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
• There’s nothing worse than seeing the steam coming from your tools and inhaling the scent of singeing, burning hair.
  — Stephanie Saltzman, Allure, 10 Apr. 2018
• Psyche and Eros are a crackling couple, their electric chemistry hot enough to singe even cupid's wings.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• Chefs can sear meat, singe veggies and boil water ridiculously fast, Diamond says.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
• However, there was one major casualty that will raise (and singe) some eyebrows.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
• Thankfully, only the tag was singed, so OP put the toy in a cabinet on a the pitcher.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
• The conflagration of her personality is only rarely brought near enough to singe.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2017
• On the opposite wall from the window, the police saw another mason jar with the lid on and a blue cloth tucked into the top, and the cloth was singed.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2023
• This new release is a deep rusty amber color and starts with oak, vanilla and grain on the nose (and thankfully doesn’t singe your nostril hairs with alcohol).
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2022
• At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless.
  — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

singe

2 of 2 noun

• Cripps would provide child care while the singe mother(s) would go to work.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• There's a funky lyric video to accompany the singe's release.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2018
• That cat that avoids even cold stoves after an unexpected singe has nothing on wine drinkers.
  — Eric Asimov Florence Fabricant Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 28 July 2016
• The broiler speeds along the cooking process, with just the right amount of singe on the cauliflower and melt on the halloumi.
  — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
• Apart from the all-wheel-drive dual-motor setup, the singe-motor variants aren't expected to pack much of a punch.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
• Brokaw also grows a lot of citrus and was surprised to discover his citrus groves survived the fire without a singe.
  — Christian Reynoso, SFChronicle.com, 28 Feb. 2020
• Behind him, Stuart felt the singe of electrical current in the water.
  — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• An initial blast singes the material to create amorphous carbon, or soot.
  — Prachi Patel, Scientific American, 16 May 2018
• In one brilliant panel a tendril from the Torch’s fiery wake singes off Hiccup’s Hitler moustache.
  — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
• Iweala writes beautifully about DC (his hometown), and the Nigeria set piece sings and singes.
  — Anthony Domestico, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• These were both devastating blows since the public saw them each as the face and voice of the groups, even though there were other very talented singes and songwriters in the bands.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
• There are few moments in Black womanhood more intimate, and there is no greater metaphor for the danger of vulnerability than smelling the singe of your own hair while another woman’s cold fingers graze your neck.
  — Morgan Parker, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• And on Monday, the European Union proposed new rules to reduce litter in the oceans, including a ban on singe-use plastic items, including cutlery, plates, straws and drink stirrers.
  — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018