ruby

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Recent Examples of ruby As two chickens look on, the ruby-red slipper-shoe of a woman (Rosa) steps out the door. Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023 Next to the ruby-red Majorelle bar, L’Asiatique restaurant, with its Ming Dynasty–style chairs and black lacquer tables, is a vision of Deco decadence. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2022 Chung says that the restaurant remained takeout-only throughout the pandemic and never reinstated dine-in service, despite its roomy ruby-red booths. Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022 The ruby-red rectangle houses the wonderful fragrance, and is capped by a gold bar. Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for ruby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruby
Adjective
  • Meaty, crimson oxheart tomatoes, orange pumpkins, cucumbers, wheat.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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

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“Ruby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruby. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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