crimson
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Hints of pink eye shadow, dark eyeliner, red pigmented eyebrows and crimson lipstick complete the transformation — the next “national treasure” has taken the stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
He moved the family business to Encinitas, where he bought 67 acres near the railroad and Interstate 5 and planted so many patented poinsettia plants that passersby were treated to crimson waves come November.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
A sea of yellow—ocher, dandelion, goldenrod—seems to support a single tree backed by a dark vacuum, but as our eyes adjust, we realize a barn in deepest alizarin crimson dominates the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Shrouded in crimson robes, prayer beads moving rhythmically past his fingers, the monk walks towards us.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
He wraps the book with a length of fine wool yarn dyed a deep crimson, bits of it stained darker with something dried and brown.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing crimson
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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