Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruddling
Verb
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Remember to be patient as auroras may arrive in quiet bursts, glowing faintly before becoming vibrant waves of color.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Some say the glowing eyes belong to the ghost of a soldier who lost his head to cannon fire during the battle of Chickamauga.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And Prince William would have been forgiven for blushing when Kate pointedly replied that the poster had in fact shown the TV hunk from a famous Levi advert.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The kid wore birthday glasses and shook his head at each shot, blushing.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Native, night-blooming plants attract nighttime pollinators, a yummy snack for a hungry bat.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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Varieties include the early-blooming Solar Glow™, which produces red-orange blooms, and Solar Flare™ with yellow flowers accented in orange hues.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Prisoners tend to use more due to flushing various items and, often, intentionally plugging toilets and overflowing them, according to industry publication Correctional News.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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It’s estimated that 40–60% of the particles in these aerosols can ascend above the level of the toilet seat during flushing.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Visible light has been shown to trigger erythema, or skin reddening, in lighter skin.—
Andrea Muraskin,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Ruddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruddling. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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