blush

At first blush, that may seem like a trifling concept.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Thomas’ dissent is, in many respects, more emotionally complex than either his admirers or his critics, like me, were at first blush ready to admit.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

As she talks, she carefully dabs concealer under her eyes and adds some pink blush and highlighter to her cheeks.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

At first blush, his lifetime Wins Above Replacement of 0.3 would indicate that he’s little better than the fictional minor league “replacement player” to which MLB players are compared in calculating the statistic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Her blush makes it look like someone scribbled over her face with a red marker.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

“They’ve had a curated set of items that they’ve gone after, so whether that be in blushes or in lips or in highlighter or bronzing categories, they’re seeing strength across the board,” Fields said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Will, thank you so much!” shouts a fan, and underneath his thick beard, the pitcher blushes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

Earlier, an Emre Can penalty in the fifth minute of stoppage time saved Borussia Dortmund's blushes in a 3-2 home win against lowly St Pauli.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026

Autochromes possess the light-dappled depth of Impressionist paintings, the powdery precision of pointillism, the honest blushes of butterfly cheeks, and the palpable textures of gleaming silks and gilded velvets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Here the gentlemen interposed with earnest petitions to be further enlightened on these two last-named points; but they got only blushes, ejaculations, tremors, and titters, in return for their importunity.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

He blushed and actually agreed before letting me go home.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

Instead, they found that when participants blushed watching their own performances, there was activity in regions of the brain involved in emotions.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024

It’s a small to medium sized, pink blushed apple.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

When he finally removed the tiny clips pinching off the blood supply from the aorta, the kidney blushed pink, a good first sign.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023

I blushed, embarrassed to say the words aloud.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

In “Ready or Not,” Weaving’s blushing bride-to-be, Grace, discovers that she’s marrying into a family of devil-worshippers who sold their souls for eternal wealth, and they must sacrifice her to keep the money rolling in.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

Festival co-founder Ben Robinson said his team had been courting Biffy Clyro "like blushing school kids for a decade" and their performance would be a "true highlight".

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

A gallery blushing in a deep wine color, with the theme of “Leisure and Labor in the American Metropolis,” is almost ready.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025

“If we give $20,000 to charity, and get half a million followers, I’ll conduct a reveal,” he told me, laughing and blushing.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2024

I need to get all the blushing out of my system now.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed