scarlet

Example Sentences

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I had been far too shy to ask the teacher what it meant, and Mama had blushed scarlet when I consulted her.

From Literature

Looking down into his father’s eyes, he saw the tiny scarlet veins, and at the centers, the fathomless dark.

From Literature

I felt my face turn scarlet with anger.

From Literature

I put some scarlet runner beans from the Hollywood Farmers Market over it to symbolize the gathering cultures of Native American tribes.

From Los Angeles Times

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's