blush
verb (used without object)
to redden, as from self-consciousness, embarrassment, or shame.
had blushed
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past perfectof blush.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Seeing that a farmhand named John had blushed when he walked past a young woman at Sunday Mass, and that she had blushed, too, he decided to help them meet.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015
I had been far too shy to ask the teacher what it meant, and Mama had blushed scarlet when I consulted her.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
I told her how he had blushed at first but then he had gotten angry and had jumped up so fast that he overturned his chair and was ready to walk out on me.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
Maisie had blushed as red as a rose as she bent over the lovely wheel, and then felt quite sick, as she wondered whatever she would do if Habetrot did not help her.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth Wilson Grierson
When the young man had glanced at him for a moment he had blushed and an odd nervousness had made his thin body tremble.
From Gargoyles by Ben Hecht
