in the flush of

Idioms  

1. Also,. During a sudden rush of a strong positive feeling regarding something, as in In the first flush of victory he decided to take all his friends to dinner. This expression employs flush in the sense of “a bout of emotion or passion.” [c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

It’s relatively easy to have a glorious garden in the flush of spring and early summer.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2023

When we're fully in the flush of a new, deep romance we tend to find little wrong with our lover.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2021

Even in the flush of the fast success the band graduated into directly out of Columbia University, the Village Voice captured a widespread reaction with its early-2008 headline, “Vampire Weekend: Hated On Mostly.”

From Slate • May 6, 2019

How, then, to explain the Athens I find now, returning in the flush of spring with my old journals to reconnect with the city of my recollections?

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2018

The concert surpassed in volume that coming from a large frog swamp in the flush of the season.

From Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Fuller, Charles Augustus