flush
Example Sentences
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The nearest neighbors had laughed at her, a small girl swamped in a coat running into the wind; so she’d flushed, and woken earlier the next day so nobody would see her.
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He mops a line of sweat from his brow, his face so flush with pink, it resembles a glazed holiday ham.
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Her face is flushed, her voice hoarse, and tears roll down her wet cheeks.
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Her cheeks and nose are flushed, like she’s been outside.
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But just as I step outside, they come racing into the courtyard, their cheeks flushed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.