crimson

Example Sentences

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Open the door to the theater, and discover a place of urban enchantment, where a red velvet door and crimson wallpaper beckon guests to come closer and sit inside.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

But by now in early January those crimson leaves are probably already looking crumpled.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Up close, the bright crimson relief-sculpture is revealed to feature hand-brushed red enamel paint over paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

We next enter a fictive chapel, with the Latin rite being celebrated by a set of crimson vestments and an altar cloth, made in Paris in 1619 and given by Louis XIII.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Tristran looked at the crimson and canary and russet cloth, at clothes which looked more like the costumes of traveling players or the contents of his cousin Joan's charades chest, and said, "My clothes?"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman