vermilion

Example Sentences

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The sun was rising, casting the water a hundred shades of vermilion and rose, but he could see only rage.

From Literature

While competing, his forehead was marked with a vermilion tika, a Hindu symbol of power and purity.

From New York Times

The floodplains also provide habitat for monarch butterflies and birds such as vermilion flycatchers, yellow warblers and red-winged blackbirds.

From Los Angeles Times

Clark off North Carolina, with vermilion snapper schooling nearby.

From Salon

Some of Jade’s work spoke to her personal interests in nature and birds, like an entry she wrote on the vermilion flycatcher, which got about 21,000 page views in the past 12 months.

From New York Times