turn red

Example Sentences

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Of course, a flashing yellow light may never turn red.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Skywatchers across North America could see the moon turn red for the first time since 2022, during a total lunar eclipse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

We had one beautiful tree, and I remember the flowers and the birth of the bean as it would grow and turn red.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

But, it did turn red on Sunday night because of North American wildfire smoke sitting in the atmosphere above the UK.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

Fire, the old people had taught me, is stored in trees that grow red flowers or red berries in the spring or whose leaves turn red in the fall.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston