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

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

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

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

He thought of the golden birch and the scarlet rowan, and the brilliant green oaks.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver