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crimson

[krim-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈkrɪm zən, -sən /


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Brilliant blue and white stars sparkle against glowing crimson clouds of hydrogen gas, creating a breathtaking scene that resembles fireworks shining through drifting smoke.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

Some attendees arrived with dyed crimson hair, others with orange or pink.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 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

Chase Infiniti, who plays Leonardo DiCaprio's daughter in One Battle After Another, wore a sculpted, deep crimson dress which flared out beautifully at the bottom.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2026

“No…,” Clare said tentatively, gesturing toward the crimson woods.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

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 ballet chorus, dressed in autumn colors as peasants, in regal purples and crimsons as court maidens, in severe white as swans, made a gorgeous frame for the principal action.

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

"I love him not," replied Amy, while her face and even neck crimsoned with the words.

From It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood

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 Ren? Bazin

Low in the west, the sun crimsoned the distant sky line and tinged with rose the gray of wan, far-flung billows.

From The Lash by Olin L. Lyman

“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

He saw the crimsoning sky reflected like a band of shining metal in the reach of river beyond the lawn.

From The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories by Algernon Blackwood

Conditions were reversed now as to money, she thought as she stared unseeingly off at the mountain tops which pricked the crimsoning sky.

From The Trail of Conflict by Emilie Baker Loring

Her head drooped until her brown curls half hid her crimsoning face, and her voice was low and troubled.

From The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly

They crossed three or four fields in complete silence, the dogs scampering to right and left, the gale crimsoning their cheeks.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie




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