blush
verb (used without object)
to redden, as from self-consciousness, embarrassment, or shame.
Example Sentences
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“Well, yes,” she replies, blushingly modest, to which Mr. Asner barks his memorable punchline:
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2021
There is more of a social life, too: a young employee, recently arrived from remote Xianyang, talks blushingly about her evenings with handsome co-workers at the Cyberfox, the campus internet café.
From Economist ● Dec. 13, 2012
In “Vienna Waltzes” Ms. Reichlen is blushingly demure; in Peter Martins’s “Thou Swell” she’s authoritatively glamorous, and adult; and as Calliope in Balanchine’s “Apollo” she’s the devout embodiment of creative endeavor.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2011
Today it was left to a blushingly star-struck Michael Ward, managing director of the store, to escort this year's lovely ladies – Jerry Hall and her daughter, Lizzy Jagger – from their horse-drawn carriage.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2010
Martha had obtained employment in two or three milliner’s establishments in the city; and, as she blushingly told me, had good reasons for leaving them all.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
