scarlet

Example Sentences

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To fight these “little scarlet cells,” Grandfather seeks inspiration in the “little gray cells” of Hercule Poirot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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 • Feb. 18, 2026

This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

He was socially awkward and expelled from school for poor grades - his work badly affected by a bout of scarlet fever.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

“You cheated!” he said, and his face was scarlet with exertion and with anger.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman