"dried-up grass"
"the desert was edged with sere vegetation"
"shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"
"withered vines"
"The heat scorched the countryside"
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
"The cook blackened the chicken breast"
"The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
"the flames scorched the ceiling"
"The sun parched the earth"
If no fire of sun..sear the tender grain.
出自: A. C. Swinburne