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

She’s as blushingly in love now as Demelza once was.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2015

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

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

New York must blushingly admit the truth of his judgment.

From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Kilmer, Joyce