ruddy

Example Sentences

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Training her sights on a ruddy Sean Penn, Glaser remarked on Hollywood’s obsession with looking younger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Blue eyes, ruddy complexion and light brown hair, he reminded her of her grandmother.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Zia Tile has a catalog of 64 colors, and Case Study includes four new offerings — ruddy Pompeii; cool beige Dune; burnt orange Rust; and Elemental Blue, an Yves Klein-inspired cobalt shade.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

The mineral cave decor — epsomite, mirabilite, sulfate — rusts into the ruddy orange of iron oxide, the deep black of manganese.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2023

“We sure as ruddy heck ain’t in Prentisstown no more,” I say to Manchee under my breath.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness