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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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
"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
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
I assure you—" "There, don't endeavour to assure me of anything; I can see you are blushing through this grating.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Eugène Sue
But all these things are graceful, in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
