BLUSH in a Sentence

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For BLUSH, below is one of 221 sentences:
His bland eyes grew suddenly alert and he caught her gaze and held it until a little blush crept up into her cheeks.

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 Meanings and Examples of BLUSH
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blush
 v.  become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But now he felt as if her blush had set a flaming guard about her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  A faint blush was creeping over his face as she turned for he was timid with girls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  "Well, I--" and she managed a pretty confusion and a blush.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  The blush was not difficult for she was breathless and her heart was beating like a drum.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
5  "All," she said shortly, not even troubling to blush at his implication.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  She went crimson at the memory and her blush was not lost on Rhett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  His bland eyes grew suddenly alert and he caught her gaze and held it until a little blush crept up into her cheeks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
8  She looked up unwillingly, her blush deepening.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
9  In fact, he held the whip hand of the situation so completely that she was as flustered as a girl at her first proposal and she could only blush and stammer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
10  The blush surprised her almost as much as it did her hostess, who, though not commonly observant of facial changes, sat staring at her with puzzled eyes.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
11  She turned to give him the welcome which such gallantry deserved; but her greeting wavered into a blush of wonder, for the man who had approached her was Lawrence Selden.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
12  The remark was uttered with a little air of proprietorship not lost on its object, who concealed a faint blush of annoyance by stooping to pick up the book he had dropped at Lily's approach.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
13  Lily interrupted her with a deep blush of displeasure.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
14  Gerty's colour rose, and her blush was for a moment her only answer.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 8
15  Lily's blush deepened to a glow in which humiliation and gratitude were mingled; and both sentiments revealed themselves in the unexpected gentleness of her reply.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
Example Sentence:
1  I have to blush to admit that thing.
2  I blush to admit it, but I quite like her music.
3  I blush to admit that I haven't read it.
4  I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale.
5  Many a flower is born to blush unseen.
6  A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose.
7  We all saw the girl blush when a young man whistled as she walked by.
8  The excited fan blushed and stammered, her words becoming almost incoherent in the thrill of meeting her favorite rock star face to face.
9  When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.
10  I blushed for your degraded conduct.
11  She blushed furiously at the memory of the conversation.