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
Among papers scattered in the dusty attic he finds, along with a scarlet and gold embroidered A, the true story of Hester Prynne written by the surveyor from 100 years before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025
He was socially awkward and expelled from school for poor grades - his work badly affected by a bout of scarlet fever.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
“I never dreamed of such a thing. What will Mother say? I wonder if her...” there Jo stopped and turned scarlet with a sudden thought.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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