ruddy

Example Sentences

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Training her sights on a ruddy Sean Penn, Glaser remarked on Hollywood’s obsession with looking younger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Blue eyes, ruddy complexion and light brown hair, he reminded her of her grandmother.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

The doctor turned to Emmie, who is blond with ruddy cheeks and dimples.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023

The mineral cave decor — epsomite, mirabilite, sulfate — rusts into the ruddy orange of iron oxide, the deep black of manganese.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2023

Fie placed his empty glass on a small table beside his chair, but before he could do anything else, Uncle Vernon shouted, “Will you get these ruddy things off us?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling