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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.

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Examples

  • Kahlil had crimsoned and was gesturing frantically with his hands.

    September 17 , 2004 Iddhis Bing 2012

  • Helena studies a deeply crimsoned rose, almost unnaturally so, and takes a long, wary look at the protruding thorns.

    The Iron Maiden « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • Around me sat color in human flesh—brown that crimsoned readily; dim soft-yellow that escaped description; cream-like duskiness that shadowed to rich tints of autumn leaves.

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

  • Her face crimsoned in an unlovely wave, and then became very pale.

    She Closed Her Eyes 2010

  • He smiled down at the Shrill, still brightly crimsoned with blood.

    Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 12.1 of 31.1 2009

  • So saying, she tripped along the floor of the apartment with a light, though hesitating, step; and a cheek crimsoned at her own purpose; and gliding to the chair of the sleeper, dropped a kiss upon his lips as light as if a rose leaf had fallen on them.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • The bubbles occasioned by her descent were crimsoned with blood as they arose, leading the distracted Baron to infer that his ill-judged curiosity had occasioned the death of this interesting and mysterious being.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • Astonished and indignant at so sudden and violent an assault, Camilla stood suspended, whether to deign any vindication, or to walk silently away: yet its implications involuntarily filled her with a thousand other, and less offending emotions than those of anger, and a general confusion crimsoned her cheeks.

    Camilla 2008

  • Lilias Redgauntlet withdrew the mask from her crimsoned cheek.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • Her brow crimsoned, and that of Sir Halbert Glendinning was slightly overcast.

    The Abbot 2008

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  • "I haven't crimsoned.

    Come and look!" So says the dew

    On an oak branch

    —Dasoku

    July 22, 2015