red-faced
Example Sentences
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They sit toe to toe on the gym floor, and Ilya offers a red-faced, panting Shane his water bottle.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
It was a reach—“I’m never mad,” Manley said—so he asked Chalamet to berate him off-camera to get worked up for a red-faced confrontation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
But while Celtic were enduring their calamity in Almaty, Red Star were left red-faced by Cypriot champions Pafos in the play-off.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
A red-faced Mattis replies, “At ease, Lieutenant General”—“at ease” being a phrase that senior officers invoke to put subordinates in their place—“you can’t talk to me that way.”
From Slate • Sep. 2, 2024
The waiter, a red-faced boy with bitten nails, lingered for a moment.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
