as in blushed
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)
he crimsoned the minute he realized the foolishness of what he'd said
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And in Garcia’s long interception return, Benitez was harassed by the defense, flushed out of the pocket and forced to throw off balance.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025 -
The thing was flushed down a toilet as a baby gator years earlier and is now running amok, chomping down on whomever looks appetizing.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The music thumped away, though at reduced volume, the bats performed their acrobatics over the pool, the hash pipe glowed, people began to yawn.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Some cells glowed brightly due to high activity, others dimmed with weaker expression, while some switched off entirely.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Crimsoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crimsoned. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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