Examples of red-faced in a Sentence
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Yes, he gets yelled at by red-faced drill sergeants and has to perform pull-ups and make it through obstacle courses.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Lowry the emotional, red-faced open vein who is going to feel some things.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Singing our hobo songs around a raging campfire in red-faced boisterous revelry?
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
The feelings of being sweaty, red-faced and kind of awkward is very familiar to me.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Daley huffed and puffed with red-faced indignation, even threatening a lawsuit over the intent of an NFL team to whisk Chicago’s proud name off to the northwest suburbs and stomp into suburban soil.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The Workplace Bully Forget the Hollywood version — the red-faced screamer, the open aggression bully.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Gretzky, 64 years old and red-faced, was there to witness the occasion, the way Gordie Howe had encouraged Gretzky’s pursuit of his career-goals record.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Lowry the emotional, red-faced open vein who is going to feel some things.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Singing our hobo songs around a raging campfire in red-faced boisterous revelry?
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
The feelings of being sweaty, red-faced and kind of awkward is very familiar to me.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Daley huffed and puffed with red-faced indignation, even threatening a lawsuit over the intent of an NFL team to whisk Chicago’s proud name off to the northwest suburbs and stomp into suburban soil.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The Workplace Bully Forget the Hollywood version — the red-faced screamer, the open aggression bully.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Gretzky, 64 years old and red-faced, was there to witness the occasion, the way Gordie Howe had encouraged Gretzky’s pursuit of his career-goals record.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Red-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-faced. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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