crimson
adjective
deep purplish-red.
had crimsoned
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past perfectof crimson.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Sara's cheeks had crimsoned warmly, and her voice faltered a little, as she asked,— "Did he tell you himself?"
From Sara, a Princess by Fannie E. Newberry
A flash of the old temper had crimsoned Nora's cheek, but she made no reply.
From The Land of Promise by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
She had been for a walk along the bluff, and the sea breeze had crimsoned her cheeks and blown her hair about.
From Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Ay, we can both speak and understand it," answered Gaston, whose cheeks had crimsoned with eager delight; "but we speak English better.
From In the Days of Chivalry by Evelyn Everett-Green
Their lives were given to their country as truly as if their blood had crimsoned the sod of hard-fought fields.
From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by La Salle Corbell Pickett
