red-faced

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They sit toe to toe on the gym floor, and Ilya offers a red-faced, panting Shane his water bottle.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

It was a reach—“I’m never mad,” Manley said—so he asked Chalamet to berate him off-camera to get worked up for a red-faced confrontation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

I finally did make it to the finish line, panting and red-faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

A red-faced Mattis replies, “At ease, Lieutenant General”—“at ease” being a phrase that senior officers invoke to put subordinates in their place—“you can’t talk to me that way.”

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2024

“Can you really tell a person’s intentions just by looking at them?” asks a red-faced boy with a gulp.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston