Example Sentences

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Why, only last week he said—” “Mother, have you heard from Mr Geringer again?” cried Hazel, whose cheeks were crimsoning.

From The New Mistress A Tale by Fenn, George Manville

“That is so, Harvey,” was the reply, in the brusque tone of the rough frontiersman, and the speaker looked at the magnificent god of day whose last streaks of light were crimsoning the water.

From Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind by Harbaugh, Thomas Chalmers