red - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • dark: The second category of energizing colors is the brighter, but not dark, reds.

Converse of object

  • turn: Within the blink of an eye, a single gunshot was fired and our screen had turned blood red.

Adjective modifier

  • bright: When the leaves are young they are bright red, as they mature they turn green.
  • ruby: Tasting Note: The wine is a deep ruby red with garnet reflections.
  • cherry: It's a deep cherry red with little sparkles, almost pearlescent but not really.
  • glowing: It is unique in its color which is a glowing deep maroon red.
  • deep: Evidence of the damage can still be seen on the lower stonework, which was stained deep red by the fire.

Modifies a noun

  • tape: Business prepares to face new swathe of red tape.
  • squirrel: Target: No loss of red squirrels in existing key habitat.
  • wine: At dinner, I was offered a red wine colored liquid.
  • herring: The industry's campaign against 1 % charge caps is a red herring in the debate about the savings gap.
  • brick: He covered the whole palace with a new facing of red brick.
  • deer: N.B. The above cooking time is for red deer.

Modifying Another Word

  • infra: Now I just need to find a way to locate my phone under infra red light.

Used with adjective complement

  • glow: Wait until the charcoal is glowing red, with a powdery gray surface, before you start to cook.
  • paint: Seating is provided by what looks like wooden Thonet chairs, painted red.
  • turn: During the race, when the running line turns red, wait a moment before letting off the gas.
  • flush: Telling him to shut it, she flushes red, tho whether from embarrassment or guilt I can't tell.

Preposition: in

  • tooth: The reality now is that nature is " red in tooth and claw " .

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