Example Sentences

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If "hyperacute rejection" is avoided, the organ will blush pink with the flow of blood and oxygen.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2022

At such comments, Boumediene will blush to the roots of his reddish hair.

From Time Magazine Archive

“When your granddaughters hear that...you made no protest,” she said, “they will blush for their ancestry.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The weakest of Dr Johnson's admirers will blush in reading this passage.

From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous

When you have been at Exham Park for six months you will blush at the recollection of your own simplicity.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard