seeing red
Example Sentences
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In February 1204 CE, he described seeing "red lights in the northern sky over Kyoto."
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Both sides had a man sent off in the opening period, with Robert Andrich seeing red for Leverkusen and Illia Zabarnyi walking for the visitors.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
Players, many of them redshirting for warmups, proceeded to scatter, with some jumping into the stands with fans to avoid the bull that was literally seeing red.
From Washington Times • May 6, 2023
Giancarlo Stanton tied it with a modest three-run shot in the sixth, and the Yankees rallied for their 14th victory in 16 games after three Toronto ejections left the angry Blue Jays seeing red.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022
I can't remember ever in my life seeing red tape.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
