Blushing

Examples

• He entered the front room not without blushing; for he, like many, had felt the power of this girl's face and form. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I have nothing left to begin with,' returned Bella, blushing, 'because I was going to say that it was a pleasure to me to look at you, Lizzie. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was a pretty picture: the beach; the bathing-women's faces; the long line of rocks and building were blushing and bright in the sunshine. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• None at all, if you please, she doesn't wish her name to appear and has no nom de plume, said Jo, blushing in spite of herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• City there; terrace gardens blushing with the bella donna. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You are blushing now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• My Lady, looking at the downcast and blushing face, says smiling, Who is it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She said, with blushing embarrassment, Thank you: you are very kind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You (blushing as she spoke) who can see into every body's heart; but nobody else Upon my word, said Emma, I begin to doubt my having any such talent. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My lord,--a lady-- said the soldier, at last, deeply blushing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At a place where she worked, answered Little Dorrit, blushing. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was not difficult to read the blushing, startled face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Good gracious, look at her blushing again all over her blushes! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I don't know; it sounds more--more Polish, said Janey, blushing. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Many of us are still blushing for the way America treated Gorki when it found that Russian morals did not square with the public conscience of America. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Why the fact is,' replied Mr. Winkle, looking at his blushing young wife, 'that I could not persuade Bella to run away, for a long time. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• As for the Lady Jane, on whom, as it has been said, Mr. Pitt Crawley's affection had been placed, she was gentle, blushing, silent, and timid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The Tom Cribb's Arms, said James, blushing deeply. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I--I wrote to him this morning, Emmy said, blushing exceedingly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Jos succeeded in plunging into the coat, and came forward blushing and stuttering out excuses to his fair visitor. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mary exclaimed indignantly, blushing deeply, and surprised out of all her readiness in reply. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Well, it is what I call no water, she said, blushing, and lifting her long-lashed eyelids as if to lift them were a work requiring consideration. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• For Becky Sharp, answered Jemima, trembling very much, and blushing over her withered face and neck, as she turned her back on her sister. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This time there could be no doubt as to his blushing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In another minute or two the Marquis of Worcester was blushing and bowing by the side of my carriage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I'm an old friend, he said--not without blushing though. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I have heard that remark made before, I replied, blushing deeply; but I am not vain enough to credit it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• We were very unkind to him, Emmy said, blushing very much. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Little Dorrit, blushing, shook her head. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You don't mean to say you did that on purpose,' said the pretty housemaid, blushing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Typist: Rebecca