crimson
adjective
deep purplish-red.
Example Sentences
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In perfect aesthetic juxtaposition, Gorey's costumes are funereal black, with ruby splashes in a proffered drink or a crimsoned pendant to accent the theme of Dracula's blood lust.
From Time Magazine Archive
Junior smirked, crimsoned under his tan, and refused to say.*
From Time Magazine Archive
By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow.
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
A sudden momentary wave of colour crimsoned her face and even her throat, and passing left her as white as death.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Wrathful fire gleamed in his bleared eyes; the stubble of his crimsoned face seemed not unlike the rising hackles of an enraged dog.
From The Lash by Olin L. Lyman
