Charred

Examples

• As she sat with the paper folded between her hands, the charred log fell asunder. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You can see that it is quite charred all down one side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It had charred as leather chars, but no part of the surface had dissolved. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In her right hand was found the charred stump of a match, and in her left a match-box. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In one picture a still more astonishing appearance was produced, by the change of the interior of a beautifully painted and decorated church into a mass of charred ruins. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The pieces of cork are flattened out by heat or by weights, and are slightly charred on the surface to close the pores. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But you cannot light it at a lamp without getting the bowl charred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• To his astonishment, he found that this relatively high heat did not melt it, as heretofore, and while it charred slightly, it was not made at all sticky. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As he was thus bewailing his misfortunes, he stumbled over a charred timber and fell flat on the ground. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A big hand-axe lay near his head, and around him were numerous charred and split ox bones, as though there had been a feast or an offering. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Guppy looks into the shade in all directions, discovering everywhere a certain charred and whitened little heap of coal or wood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Well, well, I daresay that a couple of rabbits would account both for the blood and for the charred ashes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But the belts were liable to slip a great deal in the process, and the chafing of the belts charred them badly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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