crimson

The dim crimson haze can be easy to overlook, but it is created by powerful activity taking place far above Earth.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

King Charles will deliver the proposals from a golden throne in the House of Lords upper chamber while wearing the diamond-studded Imperial State Crown and a long crimson robe.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

But by now in early January those crimson leaves are probably already looking crumpled.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

We next enter a fictive chapel, with the Latin rite being celebrated by a set of crimson vestments and an altar cloth, made in Paris in 1619 and given by Louis XIII.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

The tears mingled easily with the cold water, in the luminous, dripping crimson of my cupped fingers, and at first I wasn’t aware that I was crying at all.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Sunsets will seem to happen in slow motion, the full pallet of pinks and crimsons and rouge-reds lingering for an hour.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2014

Courtiers stride by in the muted gold and crimsons of Piero della Francesca; cobblestones and horsemen diminish into the serene infinities of Uccello.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lines were angularly primitive, the colors warm turquoise blues, smoldering crimsons, emerald greens, rich topaz yellows.

From Time Magazine Archive

Decked in calm crimsons, blues and yellows, like their 13th Century counterparts, Mr. Saint's saints & sinners glowed from the glass with equal clarity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The towering tents are striped in white and black, no golds and crimsons to be seen.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

In perfect aesthetic juxtaposition, Gorey's costumes are funereal black, with ruby splashes in a proffered drink or a crimsoned pendant to accent the theme of Dracula's blood lust.

From Time Magazine Archive

Junior smirked, crimsoned under his tan, and refused to say.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Ellis opened the window, and leant out her head; Harleigh, clapping his hand upon his crimsoned forehead, walked with hasty steps round the little apartment.

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow.

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

He, crimsoned, breathless, pleased as if with a victory won, looked round: "Then don't worry yourself!" he said.

From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Bazin, Ren?

“Truly a beautiful sight,” the periodical opined, “in direct contrast with the expanse of white, whether appearing in thinly scattered patches, or crimsoning the hills and plains for miles around.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

The words slipped from Louise Vine’s lips like an escaped thought, and the moment they were spoken, she shrank away with her pale cheeks crimsoning, and she gazed guiltily at her companion.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville

"He whom your Majesty's eye hath fascinated, even to the crimsoning of his cheeks," said Leicester, "is Charles Blount."

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

He pictured the nudge of one friend, the wink of another, and his own crimsoning cheeks.

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

“For me, uncle?” she cried, crimsoning to the parting of her hair.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville