blushing

[ US /ˈbɫəʃɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /blˈʌʃɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
    was red-faced with anger
    her blushful beau
    the blushing boy was brought before the Principal
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How To Use blushing In A Sentence

  • It's frilly and inconsequential and best known for its appearances on princesses, dolls and blushing faces. Times, Sunday Times
  • an unblushing apologist for fascism
  • Thank God, there were no lights; I could so feel my face burn up, probably blushing.
  • He quickly drew back and slid towards the opposite edge of the bench, blushing furiously.
  • The cloth has been withdrawn, the General has given the King’s health, the servants have left the room, the guests sit conticent, and so, after a little hemming and blushing, Mr. George proceeds: — “I remember, at the table of our General, how the little The Virginians
  • I don't wish to blame my children for everything, but they are a major liability when you're prone to blushing.
  • Even in midwinter, in the icy church, the blushing bride would throw aside her broadcloth cape or camblet roquelo and stand up clad in a sprigged India muslin gown with only a thin lace tucker over her neck, warm with pride in her pretty gown, her white bonnet with ostrich feathers and embroidered veil, and in her new husband. Sabbath in Puritan New England
  • It could be amusing if the pols posted unblushing, unedited diaries of what they were really thinking, as real bloggers do.
  • Mr. Slope had to explain, not without blushing for his patron, that there was no champagne.
  • From Thursday on, the television cameras will beam sumptuous shots of loblolly pines and blushing azaleas around the world.
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