blush
verb (used without object)
to redden, as from self-consciousness, embarrassment, or shame.
are blushing
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present progressiveof blush.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Don't tell me anything—only I think—I think—oh! wouldn't it be fun?—there, there, how you are blushing."
From A Noble Woman by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
On the one side are black rocks, without a blade of grass on them, the Mount of Cursing; on the other side are blushing grapes and vineyards, the Mount of Blessing.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
She says to herself that it is to spare the servants the stairs; but, all the time, under the stairs, the servants are blushing for the sometimes unaccountable stinginess of their unusually munificent mistress.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte
You are blushing like the wine-glass, and also your sparkles.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
For the roses they are blushing, and the vase stands awkwardly, And the little god above it—though as cute as he can be— Can not breathe the lightest whisper of his burning love for me.
From Riley Songs of Friendship by James Whitcomb Riley
