scarlet
Example Sentences
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In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
But Ana-Maria is no imperious popular princess—she’s nice to Lucia, responding with youthful awe when Lucia shyly shows her the scarlet lipstick that she got from her aunt in Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Peggy and Dorothy discovered the truth, only to learn that the little boy had since died of scarlet fever.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
It’s large, and as I get closer I make out bits of scarlet, gold brocade, and black and white checks.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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