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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.
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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
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
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Meaty, crimson oxheart tomatoes, orange pumpkins, cucumbers, wheat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Frigate birds soar in the hot sky and sunsets paint cloud edges in dramatic crimson strokes.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The early days of measles are usually marked by common symptoms such as fever and cough; to the untrained eye, the virus’s rash can look like many of the reddish, patchy blemishes that many other pathogens cause.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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Hard water is water that contains naturally occurring minerals that can cling to and stain porcelain surfaces (like your toilet bowl’s waterline), often with a reddish or brown tint.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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While on the runway the dress was blue and black with a trompe-l’œil design, Robbie’s look leaned into more Victorian-era flourishes, with a laced strapless bodice and an onyx and scarlet red gradient petal skirt, striking colors which borrowed from other styles in the show.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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The businesswoman was decked out in a red Carolina Herrera gown and had her makeup done for the occasion.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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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
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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 31 Jan. 2026.
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