scarlet

Example Sentences

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Billed "scarlet red" with purple pinstripes by the SFA, Scotland football fans have questioned the colour of the so-called "retro" away kit, with many branding it coral, orange or Irn Bru colour.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

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

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

She could feel its hot, panting breath and see the scarlet roof of its toothy mouth.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood