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Example sentences for "blushing"

Lexicographically close words:
blurts; blush; blushed; blushes; blushful; blushingly; blusht; bluster; blustered; blustering
  1. Aurora had but newly chased the night, And purpled o'er the sky with blushing light, When to the garden walk she took her way, To sport and trip along in cool of day, And offer maiden vows in honour of the May.

  2. I had not through it all the thought" and blushing crimson, her head drooped on her bosom.

  3. However, Claude prevailed, and in ten minutes he had all the sailors on the quay round him; and one after another came forward blushing and grinning to be "taken off.

  4. Yes--I entreat you," said Paul, stammering and blushing anew.

  5. Only his sisters did not laugh, blushing deeply, they looked down in their laps, and Elsbeth looked it him with embarrassment, as if she wanted to ask his pardon.

  6. It was Rebecca, the prim monkey, blushing a deal more than her innocence warranted, with a solemn-countenanced gentleman of the cloth scowling from behind.

  7. And here, in that triumphant hour, Shall yielding Beauty wed with Power; And blushing earth and smiling sea In dalliance deck the bridal bower.

  8. The White Flag I sent my love two roses,--one As white as driven snow, And one a blushing royal red, A flaming Jacqueminot.

  9. Stielow affectionately pressed her hand and looked with admiration at her lovely, blushing face.

  10. Blushing deeply, she tried to draw her hand away; he held it with gentle force.

  11. Then Madame von Wendenstein opened the door into the next room, and Margaret, blushing deeply, and trembling from agitation, entered; but her eyes were bright and candid.

  12. Hartley, adopting such an interpretation, stood stock still, blushing deeply; for he was aware that he made for the moment but a silly figure.

  13. But," replied Middlemas, blushing even through his base disguise at the consciousness of his abject conduct, "I will have no force on her inclinations.

  14. What Ellen would have said--whether she would have given any other answer than that accorded by her blushing cheeks, cannot be told.

  15. For a moment he knelt to kiss the queen's hand, and then he was beside Fastrada, drinking in the loveliness of her blushing face.

  16. Then, almost at his shoulder, there came a cry of glad surprise, and Rothada sprang up from her father's couch, blushing with delight and sweet confusion.

  17. Before his stare the girl shrank back, blushing with offended pride.

  18. Very patiently he waited until the last gay ribbon had been knotted, and then, when Olvir would have risen to salute him, he held up a restraining hand, and went and fetched a stool to seat himself beside the blushing girl.

  19. He had no time to recall his sword-brother to mind before the girl raised her head, and, smiling and blushing with undisguised pleasure, turned upon him a look that set his heart to throbbing with mad delight.

  20. The earl looked at Nell--blushing furiously now--with grave attention.

  21. She looked at Nell, who was blushing a little.

  22. And though a little downcast and blushing now and then, beneath the subtle power of eyes and tongue, yet evidently all the while gathering up the reins and learning to drive her four in hand.

  23. Stuart kept his face away from the audience; Wych Hazel was revealed, and in the coy, blushing maidenly dignity and confusion which suited the character and occasion, was a tableau worth looking at.

  24. Could she go blushing from another chief's wigwam?

  25. He says that he loves me," replied the young girl, blushing more deeply.

  26. At the noise a waiter ran out of the cafe, and Diaz, blushing and obviously making a great effort at self-control, gave him an order.

  27. I jumped up, fully awake, with beating heart and blushing face.

  28. I'm always blushing lately," and as if to prove her words she immediately proceeded to do so.

  29. But as time went on the other thought became a sort of corollary; a timid, halting, blushing thought which followed sheepishly, borne down by trembling hope.

  30. Well, you must admit that she was pretty clever," said Hinpoha, blushing a little at the exposure of her fondness for love stories.

  31. All eyes were focused upon Carmen, and blushing and shrinking she went forward to make the required acknowledgment.

  32. And to his amaze she was blushing painfully.

  33. Mrs. Truscott, blushing brightly and showing welcome and pleasure in her lovely eyes, but with the reserve of younger wifehood, had held forth one little hand.

  34. Hugh started as suddenly as if some apparition had appeared before him, and blushing guiltily, clasped and held upon his face the little soft, warm hands which did not tremble, but lay still beneath his own.

  35. Sir Miles then, blushing and confused, offered me, for the second time, his hand.

  36. Why didn't you tell me you wanted to marry Drusilla, instead of coming and blushing all over the premises?

  37. You've been around here blushing for a month, and I want to know why you do it.

  38. I mean his majesty gave me leave," answered Penelophon, looking down and blushing faintly in her confusion.

  39. But not for this alone I prize This witching time of ev'n, The murmuring breeze, the blushing skies, And day's last smile on heaven.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "blushing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abashed; aglow; ashamed; beaming; bloom; blush; burning; chagrined; chapfallen; coloring; crestfallen; crushed; embarrassed; flush; flushed; gleaming; glow; glowing; hangdog; hectic; humbled; humiliated; illuminant; incandescent; luminous; lustrous; mortified; radiant; rosy; ruddy; shamed; shamefaced; sheepish; shining; shiny; starlike; starry; streaming; suffusion; sunny; sunshiny