crimson
Example Sentences
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Open the door to the theater, and discover a place of urban enchantment, where a red velvet door and crimson wallpaper beckon guests to come closer and sit inside.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
But by now in early January those crimson leaves are probably already looking crumpled.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
“It actually doesn’t hurt that much,” Althouse said, as Soria pokes her arm with a needle that was just dipped into a pot of crimson ink.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
Determined to save her mother, Mae answers a supernatural summons and finds herself entering a cave where the flowers bloom under the bulging eyes of a dragon—a scaly, crimson, undulating monster straight from Chinese folklore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Her left eye started twitching, and crimson blotches formed on her neck and cheeks.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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