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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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Joy Behar called out The View cohost Ana Navarro's crimson getup at the Hot Topics table.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Parker, dressed in a flowing crimson concoction, played with the train of the dress as photographers snapped away.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Both her hair and gown look very similar to the famous painting of Ophelia done by Sir John Everett Millais, with the tragic heroine submerged in water, her reddish curls flowing around her.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Daria stared at the arrangement of perfectly circular reddish bruises on the woman’s back, exposed by her halter top.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And there is no free-agent catcher who would look better in red pinstripes than him.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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To truly experience its peaceful side, travelers should plan trips during the off-season, when the red rocks glow just as brightly — but the crowds are far fewer.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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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 15 Oct. 2025.
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