1
: very hot
2
: marked by extreme intensity, harshness, or emotional power
searing pain
a searing review
a searing portrayal
searingly
adverb
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Instead, Episode 4, which follows Donny five years prior, is a searing account of the circumstances that inform the comedian’s present state of mind.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
The resulting photo essays are informed by collaboration with their participants, creating searing portraits that reflect care and intimacy.
—Lynn Nottage, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
President Biden’s new budget proposal is taking aim at corporate jet use, and the effects of his searing, yet improbable, tax changes could weigh heavily on celebrities and corporations as well as the private aviation industry.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
Fueled by the dry conditions and searing temperatures, many of these fires burn out of control, spreading miles beyond the area that was originally set ablaze.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Usually, cardholders make their minimum payments on outstanding balances and using their off the bill with the most searing interest rate.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
While that album’s title track was also a searing political salvo, the album largely told more intimate stories about love and daily life in the Sahel region of Africa.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, by David Montero Journalist David Montero’s searing, meticulous history demonstrates that the banks and corporations of the North, more than the plantations of the South, benefited financially from slavery in the U.S. Many of those entities are still in business today.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
The resulting photo essays are informed by collaboration with their participants, creating searing portraits that reflect care and intimacy.
—Lynn Nottage, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
President Biden’s new budget proposal is taking aim at corporate jet use, and the effects of his searing, yet improbable, tax changes could weigh heavily on celebrities and corporations as well as the private aviation industry.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
Fueled by the dry conditions and searing temperatures, many of these fires burn out of control, spreading miles beyond the area that was originally set ablaze.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Usually, cardholders make their minimum payments on outstanding balances and using their off the bill with the most searing interest rate.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
While that album’s title track was also a searing political salvo, the album largely told more intimate stories about love and daily life in the Sahel region of Africa.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, by David Montero Journalist David Montero’s searing, meticulous history demonstrates that the banks and corporations of the North, more than the plantations of the South, benefited financially from slavery in the U.S. Many of those entities are still in business today.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Searing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/searing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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