How to Use torch in a Sentence

torch

1 of 2 noun

• Grab that torch and run with it.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
• Use a kitchen torch to caramelize the sugar.
  — Emily Teel, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
• There’s no passing of the torch yet.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
• At night, the stars shine bright as torches.
  — Amie O'Brien, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
• In due time, torch and pitchfork crowd, in due time.
  — Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
• If Jawan’s torch still burns, then so does his life in the game.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
• This is not his first time carrying the torch.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
• And for reminding us that our torch still burns.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
• Perhaps there was a passing of the torch of some sort in the game.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Watch as men tromp about with flashlights, set up torches.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
• Dancers carried large fire torch guns while dancing on stage.
  — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Here’s your blueprint to getting your torch lit.
  — Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
• Every Olympic Games has a torch.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2026
• There’s a whole torch there and everything.
  — Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
• Lightly brown the edges of the swirls with a kitchen torch for even more drama.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
• At night, torches are lit along the deck, and guests dine above the water.
  — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• But by the end of the two-hour premiere one person's torch was snuffed.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
• The last step is to burnish the wood with a small torch and then apply a top coat.
  — Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 June 2026
• The call to action is to ask the president to pass the torch.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Jones hopes to pass the torch to a buyer who will preserve the business.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
• If America lost, there would be no one left to take up the torch.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• But, more widely, there is also a passing of the torch.
  — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
• The plant in question is torch aloe (Aloe arborescens).
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
• This is the passing of a torch that reflects what a true legacy looks like.
  — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
• Flame weeders use propane, similar to a torch, to burn the weeds.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
• Men in balaclavas stormed buses and vans and put them to the torch all over town.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
• The handheld kitchen torch will need to be filled with butane before use.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
• Rather than passing the torch, these older guys are reigniting it.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
• 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
• In fact, the moment the torch was clicked off, the flames simply vanished.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026

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
• The tree trunk the cross was leaning against was torched, along with some leaves.
  — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 10 June 2026
• Harden torched that for a while, then took off in third quarter.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2019
• Their car was later found still parked at the entrance gate, torched.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• All the equipment, as well as the floor, is torched and covered in ash.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2023
• It was later found, torched, in Union City.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
• The Chargers have been torched on the ground in each of the past three games, too.
  — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
• Still capable of torching any team in his way.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
• On apple trees, fire blight appears on foliage that looks torched.
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
• 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
• With no way to earn a living and no home since gangs torched her house, her children are scattered.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
• 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
• At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 polling sites were torched.
  — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Apr. 2026
• 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
• The star dessert is a chocolate mousse enrobed in a meringue that is torched tableside.
  — Devorah Lev-Tov, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2026
• Dillingham had a rough first shift, scoring two points but getting torched on defense.
  — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
• Kentucky had an elite offense last year but went through stretches when its defense was torched.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Or was somebody torching tar shingles on a roof somewhere?
  — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
• And not small lasers designed to torch infantrymen and drones, either.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2020
• Her daughter’s car was among those torched, leaving her without a way of getting to work.
  — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• The Cowboys torched them for 44 points in their Week 7 matchup.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
• The day before that, townsfolk had torched an isolation unit.
  — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 13 June 2026
• 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
• And the point when the Nittany Lions began to torch the twine.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2020
• Small businesses are getting torched by the man in the White House.
  — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
• The rest of the women use their time to torch their absent enemy, Shanae.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2022
• Drone Dome can even take on swarms of drones, torching them one after another.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2020