How to Use red in a Sentence

red

1 of 2 adjective

• His face turns red when he gets angry.
• Slice the pale rind away from the red flesh.
  — Laura McLively, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• What do the red stripes on the road mean?
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
• What does the red hair mean for this era?
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
• One bat, two bat, red bat, brown bat.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
• The blood red sun lets go of the horizon.
  — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
• One drop of red dye ruins the whole thing.
  — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
• Fans will get red pompoms, too.
  — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
• Slow-cook until onions turn dark red.
  — Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
• There is no red or blue in the exam room.
  — Maria Shriver, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
• Leaves have to make a new pigment to turn red.
  — Berly McCoy, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
• Perhaps a blue suit and red tie would help.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
• Regina looked down at her swollen, red hands.
  — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
• Red and white wine will be served with dinner.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Choose between light pink with red hearts or black.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
• The tablecloth was white, and the wines were red.
  — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 15 May 2026
• Snag this piece in gray, black, and red while sizes are still in stock.
  — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
• Carpet is red, isn’t it, no harm in blood.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
• The red t-shirts worn by the chefs hide no biceps.
  — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
• Red sauce became just one of many things on our menus.
  — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
• Black, navy, red, orange and cyan draw them in.
  — Ryan Brennan may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
• The skin should be bright or deep red and feel firm and leathery.
  — Jinan Banna, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
• Beet juice may cause pink urine or red stool, which is harmless.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2025
• Zenith’s newest watch is all about that red, white, and blue.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
• Silky pink ribbons were tied with a bow around the red thigh-high tights.
  — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
• For many, the first sign of the disease is urine turned bright red with blood.
  — Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
• Black and white with pops of red, strips of leather, and club lights are abundant.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
• However, not all trees turn red in the fall.
  — Simmone Shah, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
• Why does the moon turn red during a lunar eclipse?
  — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
• Brush red luster dust on inside of mouths.
  — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025

red

2 of 2 noun

• The artist uses red to symbolize passion.
• This year, there's a lot of red.
  — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
• Have a nice glass of red and some crusty bread handy!
  — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
• Maybe if the red was more subtle?
  — The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• Blue and red are my two favorites.
  — Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
• The water had turned blood red.
  — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
• Few colors turns heads like a flash of red.
  — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
• Fran had a red print dress, and Zooey had her red.
  — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
• Its glossy green leaves turn a dark red in autumn.
  — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
• His eyes were fiery, his face a sunburnt shade of red.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
• Red in spring, red in summer, and bright red in the fall.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
• A lot of people just go straight from red to green or green to red.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• And the pop of red on the lips took the look to the next level.
  — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
• The old man dressed in red meant as much to her as to her daughters.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• And that’s a much better bet than putting some chips on red in roulette.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
• Her go-to shade is a true red—not too orange, and not too blue.
  — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 2 July 2026
• Doja Cat is ready to paint the town red … with blood.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
• The other seven came out in the red.
  — Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• Forgo pinks and reds and lean into peach.
  — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
• Hot pink and fiery red are the stars of this vibrant design.
  — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
• The reds are like the red poppies that wrap around hillsides.
  — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• The moon is tinted a coppery red.
  — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 2 Mar. 2026
• Like the red that comes in at the end of season two feels to me like a new idea.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
• And that fiery, vibrant red that fades after mere weeks?
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 14 May 2026
• Love to see your head explode and your blood stain the concrete red.
  — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
• The burn turned a darker red, the color of a port-wine stain.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
• Adorning yourself in red for good luck?
  — Ashley Opina, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
• Every night the city is bathed in neon red as a purge-like event begins.
  — Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
• The sky and the sea filled with purples, oranges, reds, and blues.
  — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
• His business went into the red.
  — Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026