scarlet
Example Sentences
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Her parents took her to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, but doctors initially thought she had scarlet fever or Strep A, and sent her home, according to her parents.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 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
Peggy and Dorothy discovered the truth, only to learn that the little boy had since died of scarlet fever.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025
Moss had never seen the Millers act bashful, but they gazed at one another, scarlet cheeks and tight lips, and they looked like shamed children.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.