blush

Thomas’ dissent is, in many respects, more emotionally complex than either his admirers or his critics, like me, were at first blush ready to admit.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

The blush of first love inside the glow of new friendship is where “Girls Like Girls” works its easygoing charms, but also an affecting sadness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

As she talks, she carefully dabs concealer under her eyes and adds some pink blush and highlighter to her cheeks.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

There is a faint blush on the saint’s cheeks, and his mouth is parted ever so slightly, as if Francis is letting out a gasp of awe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

Tyler looks over at us, and he’s so light-skinned, I can see the blush covering his face.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

“They’ve had a curated set of items that they’ve gone after, so whether that be in blushes or in lips or in highlighter or bronzing categories, they’re seeing strength across the board,” Fields said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

She almost dropped the ball into the path of Sveindis Jonsdottir late on too, but rescued it just in time to spare her blushes.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

“Will, thank you so much!” shouts a fan, and underneath his thick beard, the pitcher blushes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

Autochromes possess the light-dappled depth of Impressionist paintings, the powdery precision of pointillism, the honest blushes of butterfly cheeks, and the palpable textures of gleaming silks and gilded velvets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

He blushes again at the nickname, which must be a private joke of some kind.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

As I began talking with them about the years of advocacy that followed, Patricia’s modesty blushed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

He blushed and actually agreed before letting me go home.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

Instead, they found that when participants blushed watching their own performances, there was activity in regions of the brain involved in emotions.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024

It’s a small to medium sized, pink blushed apple.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

May instantly blushed and jumped backward, slamming Jack hard against the wall.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

In “Ready or Not,” Weaving’s blushing bride-to-be, Grace, discovers that she’s marrying into a family of devil-worshippers who sold their souls for eternal wealth, and they must sacrifice her to keep the money rolling in.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

A gallery blushing in a deep wine color, with the theme of “Leisure and Labor in the American Metropolis,” is almost ready.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025

“If we give $20,000 to charity, and get half a million followers, I’ll conduct a reveal,” he told me, laughing and blushing.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2024

Milica Nikolić, a developmental psychologist from the university’s Institute for Child Development and Education and lead author on the study, had already investigated blushing as a physiological measure of young children’s emotions in social settings.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024

Seven hoped she wasn’t blushing, but her face was hot so she probably was.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega