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109 examples of Blush in a sentence

Using language that would make George Orwell blush, officials declared that Wang “suffered from exhaustion from overwork” and was receiving “vacation-style treatment”; in fact, he was being interrogated by the secret police.
At first blush, this unusual convergence between Western and emerging countries seems to reflect what advocates of a new international economic order had in mind.
At first blush, this statement may seem counter-intuitive – not least because wealthier households receive larger wealth transfers than poorer ones.
America’s Weak Case Against ChinaNEW HAVEN – On the surface, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer appears to have made an ironclad case against China in the so-called Section 301 report issued on March 22.Laid out in a detailed 182-page document (which, with 1,139 footnotes and five appendices, would make any legal team blush with pride), the USTR’s indictment of China on charges of unfair trading practices regarding technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation seems both urgent and compelling.
At first blush, falling prices for goods and services may sound like a good thing.
I was shocked last week to see him on Iranian TV, pale and wan, giving the kind of faked confession that would have made Soviet prosecutors blush.
At first blush, the idea that Russia is a natural ally against Islamist terrorists seems to make sense.
At first blush, the answer would seem to be an unambiguous yes.
At first blush, the comparison seems artificial and far-fetched.
At first blush, the idea behind the Higgs particle sounds outlandish.
At first blush, the COVID-19 crisis seems to be strengthening established institutions.
At first blush, the demonstrators seem to be in a situation similar to that of Ukraine’s Maidan protesters five years ago.
At first blush, the facts at the world level might seem to support this view.
The End of “Peak Germany” and the Return of FranceLONDON – At first blush, the result of the European Parliament election in May, and the subsequent nomination of the European Union’s new leadership team, augur continuity and not disruption for the bloc.
G20 leaders, representing the world’s largest economies, will discuss COVID-19 this month at a virtual summit, where they will have a chance to secure a return on investment that would make even the legendary investor Warren Buffett blush.
At first blush, COVID-19 seems likely to corroborate the argument for a more coordinated international approach.
'A splendid young woman!''Yes,' answered Levin, with a blush for the priest.
I am ashamed to tell it,' he said with a blush, and was obliged to turn round to the approaching Sergius Ivanich.
'Yes, I went in for it long ago, and now have begun a little,' answered Vronsky with a blush.
We shall be very pleased,' replied Varenka with a blush.
Everything – Varenka's look, her blush, her downcast eyes – betrayed painful expectation.
'She is very attractive.''Yes,' said Kitty, with a still deeper blush, and she rose and went to her husband.
Levin's jealousy during those few minutes had gone far, especially after the blush that had suffused her face when speaking to Veslovsky.
'I really began to write a book on agriculture, but being occupied with the chief instrument in agriculture, the labourer,' said Levin with a blush, 'I involuntarily arrived at quite unexpected results.'
The common people drink on holidays, but...'But Kitty was not interested in the question of how the people drink; she had seen his blush and wanted to know the reason.
'Bolgarinov quite agrees, as far as he is concerned,' returned Oblonsky with a blush.
And she did not blush with shame; she only quivered like this at being treated like a slut before this lad, whose presence oppressed her to despair.
He even began to blush at being a bourgeois.
This woman, the most distinguished in the place, whom for six years he had surrounded with every attention, and, unluckily, before the eyes of all the world; this proudest of women, whose disdain had so often made him blush, had taken as her lover a little journeyman dressed up as a tutor.
His adversary was a member of the Academy of Inscriptions, who happened to know Latin; he found in Julien an excellent humanist, lost all fear of making him blush, and really did seek to embarrass him.
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