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in the flush of

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  1. Also,. During a sudden rush of a strong positive feeling regarding something, as in In the first flush of victory he decided to take all his friends to dinner. This expression employs flush in the sense of “a bout of emotion or passion.” [c. 1600]


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It’s relatively easy to have a glorious garden in the flush of spring and early summer.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

When we're fully in the flush of a new, deep romance we tend to find little wrong with our lover.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021

There is concern that the vaccine has received disproportionate attention in the flush of warming relations between the two countries.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2016

His proposal — for what he called, in the flush of victory, a "magic carpet" for L.A. — flew off and was never seen again, except in the pages of a few architectural history books.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2016

Figure to yourself this massive sibyl with a face planned on a mason's square, deep-chiselled and brooding in the flush of firelight.

From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell

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