Example Sentences

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As I began talking with them about the years of advocacy that followed, Patricia’s modesty blushed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

He blushed and actually agreed before letting me go home.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

Instead, they found that when participants blushed watching their own performances, there was activity in regions of the brain involved in emotions.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

It’s a small to medium sized, pink blushed apple.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

Held captive by his wife’s temper like an insect stuck on a pin, the baron squirmed and blushed until he finally turned to Edward Ashton.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood