Flushing

Examples

• Has Maurice— I have said nothing, sir, cried Maurice, flushing deeply; how can you suspect me of such a thing? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I do not,' said Louisa, flushing with her own great remembrance in that wise, 'think it likely. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I cannot see that there is anything very funny, cried our client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• No,' replied Mrs. Hale, her cheek flushing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Richard, his face flushing suddenly, strikes the desk with his clenched hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then flushing with an unpleasant consciousness, he asked-- How do you know? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She gave him both her hands as she looked up flushing and smiling through her tears into his honest homely face. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Lily felt herself flushing under the look. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She paused, and then added hurriedly, the blood flushing up to her forehead: That is--and Ellen. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He had her in his power, as if she were a palpitating bird, a fluttering, flushing, bewildered creature. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She would not turn her eyes on the paper, and Lydgate, flushing up to the roots of his hair, drew it back and let it fall on his knee. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A rude fellow, said our guide, flushing with anger as we withdrew down the stair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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