The building was scorched after the fire.

The rice is scorched.

He forgot to stir the porridge, so it became scorched.

The bread was scorched from being cooked on the open flame of the camp fire.

The sun scorched the land and withered the crops.

Sweet life from mortals fled; they drooped and died. / Fierce Sirius scorched the fields, and herbs and grain / were parched, and food the wasting crops denied.

More than 2 million hectares of land, including vast areas of forest, have been scorched in eastern Australia's bushfires.

In the evening which succeeded my poor father's funeral, I cut a lock from my hair, and, as it consumed in the fire, I swore that my rage and revenge should pursue his enemies, until they shrivelled before me like that scorched-up symbol of annihilation.

To battle for something in life without leaving scorched earth behind you is a priceless deed.

The building was scorched by the fire.