rouged

past tense of rouge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouged
Verb
  • Tears blurred his vision and reddened his face.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Suite 600 At this new Persian restaurant, eggplant arrives reddened with tomato or mixed with whey and walnuts in two different dips.
    Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The actress blushed as her co-stars, Whoopi Goldberg and Quinta Brunson, showered her with some love at a Kevin special screening later that day.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The oversize headwear shaded her face, shielding her dark brows over her taupe smoky eye, lightly blushed cheeks and the pop of pink on her lips.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • These proteins are usually flushed into the bloodstream through the blood-brain barrier.
    Devika Rao, TheWeek, 26 June 2026
  • This may seem obvious, but experts have seen socks and undergarments put down the toilet—when they really shouldn't be flushed.
    Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • After exposing the bones to a high-energy blue light, the team used an optical filter to see which of them glowed red.
    Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • The sandstone bowl of a stadium built in 1924 glowed gold.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 June 2026
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“Rouged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouged. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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