Example Sentences

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What arrived in a dainty glass bowl were blushing petals of flesh, anointed with rhubarb and shiso and showered in chive blossoms, little purple winks.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2015

I’d never seen marble like that outside of the Metropolitan Museum — marble that changed color with the time of day, almost as if it were blushing.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2012

Already in this southern land they were blushing red at their fingertips, feeling the approach of spring.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

The sun was red, as if it were blushing, and it made his skin look radiant.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There was a faint rosy tint on the water, as if the lake were blushing at the consciousness of her own loveliness.

From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)