blackened rafters.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

I loved the way it was slightly blackened from the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dominoes « A Fly in Amber] Reference

Meanwhile, Robert Downey, Jr. declines an offer to do Arctic Thunder in blackened face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Iceland Jokes] Reference

He ran up the ladder, and soon my portmanteau blackened the hatchway, and a great straining and squeezing began.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Riddle of the Sands]

A thousand times Mildred asked herself, "How can I go out and face the world with my name blackened by this great cloud of shame?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Without a Home] Reference

The vacuum sucked the oxygen from his lungs, his veins exploded as his blood broiled and his skin blackened and cracked as it froze.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » Eternal Life : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Spooner's window ledge blackened, which is unlucky 3-7.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cryptic crossword No 25,211] Reference

Yes, I pretty much expect to see my name blackened all over the internet for saying so.    From Wordnik.com.  [but they seem so much confetti looking at them on tv set] Reference

It is through you that I have had my name blackened and have been forced to fly from my country. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret] Reference

Officer name blackened ducked the punch, and attempted to deliver an HPD approved strike to the approved target area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-07-18] Reference

In fact, she was developing a taste for "blackened" chicken and steak.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Dreams May Come]

The hidden meaning of Madam Jade's comment about "blackened" hands had not gone unnoticed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

You know what I mean ... the chicken isn't grilled, it's "blackened," and the bun isn't sesame seed, it's focaccia bread.    From Wordnik.com.  [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference

CHARLES OGLETREE: Right, and I say in the book, this exchange 'blackened'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy Now!] Reference

Geoff: We've gotten that from a few different people, the "blackened" thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Metal Underground .com] Reference

Back to basics: One of my favorite (and easiest) grilling recipes is a "blackened" or Cajun spice rub.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories] Reference

Anytime I use the word "blackened" in a reference to dinner, it means that something unexpected was ablaze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fiddledeedee] Reference

But all they heard was the President take the side of his friend, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and that 'blackened' him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy Now!] Reference

The 67-year-old said doctors removed a "blackened" melanoma from the permanent "cavity" left behind by treatment for his 2006 skin graft.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Ashen tonight and floating over the land in blackened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anselm Kiefer Painting, 1] Reference

Uncontrolled heavy industry has blackened entire regions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cleaning Up By Cleaning Up] Reference

Faces blackened, they wearily declare the fire under control.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Shark Hunt In The Night] Reference

It takes three tries before they right what's left of the blackened wreck.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Brief Assembly Of Good Samaritans] Reference

Today the pinkness of vision is blackened by the debility of having persisted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Searching for the Word] Reference

We split a ticket, their fingernails blackened from polish, a permanent stain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Trade] Reference

A decline in blackened redfish and shrimp jambalaya from Louisiana would be bad enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Down In The Dead Zone] Reference

We followed the coast line, the weeds blackened and slick with the gooey rainbow of oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man of The Marshes] Reference

Someone without the genes who eats blackened meat would face no more than the normal risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Dna Isn't Destiny] Reference

As it unfurled, soldiers standing atop the Pentagon, to the right of the blackened ruins, saluted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington's Heroes] Reference