bloodred

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Recent Examples of bloodred The landers will also be there during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from Earth, as the moon passes through our planet’s shadow and gains a bloodred glow on the night of March 13 and the early morning of March 14. Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025 In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves. Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024 As for her beauty look, Pugh opted for a soft smoky glam with subtle cat eyeliner, a pink lip, and a bloodred manicure. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023 This Surrealist look comes courtesy of Bronson van Wyck, who bucked tradition with a bloodred tree, a circus tent enclosure, and a saintly topper. Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2022 Nancy Reagan stood by in her bloodred dresses, red as an AIDS ribbon, red as gore. Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022 Wildfires burning along the M25, the main highway surrounding London, suggest otherwise; the same is true of the extreme-heat warnings, 100-degree temperature, and bloodred weather maps. Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022 This flare was both preceded and followed by incredible bloodred auroral displays that engulfed the planet from the poles to the tropics. IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodred
Adjective
  • Native shrubs perfect for fall Chokeberry Chokeberry features crimson or orange leaves in autumn, with red berries that can persist through winter.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Deep and jewel-toned, Perry says that a striking crimson red makes for a perfect fall shade.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The reddish rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake in Jezero Crater, which represents what researchers believes is one of the best places to find evidence that Earth's planetary neigbhor was ever home to life.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Riki felt intimidated at the mere mention of a neighborhood like Ebisu, and her friend showed up that day looking especially elegant, her hair dyed a stylish reddish-brown, dazzling everyone around her.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And the seat held by Republican Pat Toomey turned from red to blue.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In the past, grocery stores desired apples that looked red and shiny, believing consumers shopped with their eyes.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The viral TikTok dance sensation inspired by Wednesday star Jenny Ortega’s quirky moves that is set to the sanguineous 2011 Lady Gaga song has blown up so big that even Mother Monster couldn’t resist throwing her black veil into the ring.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • The Institute of Agriculture notes that there are a few hummingbirds that surface between November and late March in Tennessee and other Southern states, but these birds are not typically ruby-throat hummingbirds.
    Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The company’s new Aura glasses ($385) change from cool blue to purple, ruby, and even crystal clear with the tap of a finger.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The colors are too much for words: imperial purple, incarnadine orange, gold.
    Ben Huberman, Longreads, 8 Sep. 2017

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“Bloodred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodred. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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