scorching sun

collocation in English

meaningsofscorchingandsun

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scorching
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈskɔː.tʃɪŋ/us
/ˈskɔːr.tʃɪŋ/
very ...
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sun
noun[S or U]
uk
/sʌn/us
/sʌn/
the star that provides light and heat for the earth and around which the ...
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(Definition ofscorchingandsunfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Would you have them walk 25 miles on foot in thescorchingsunof a hot day?
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In the coal and the salt mining areas women may be seen carrying heavy loads on their heads in thescorchingsun.
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It is subjected to ascorchingsunday after day until it is thoroughly dry, and when it is thoroughly dry—and not till then—it is removed from the meadow land.
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The nest would then be covered with twigs to provide cover from thescorchingsun.
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Blinds are also available for extra shade from thescorchingsunin the afternoons.
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At the border, hundreds of women, children, old men and women waited under ascorchingsun.
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Their troops, wearing heavy armor, had to stand in thescorchingsunfor several hours waiting for an attack.
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The interrogators had the arrestees stripped bare, bound their hands and feet, smeared them with honey, and left suffering under thescorchingsunand biting insects.
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Lim's wife was then made to kneel down under thescorchingsunfor four hours at a stretch, in addition to bearing other insults.
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Summers are quite long and is extremely hot with ascorchingsunand warm day.
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