Meaning of flushedness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being flushed.

uncountable

Examples

“Outside the hotel it was still raining its drizzle of snow⟳, but it was beginning to slack off a little. He stood under the marquee a few moments, breathing the cold wet⟳ air. It felt good on the flushedness of his face⟳.”

““I want⟳ to call⟳ you Bobby.” / Softly felt his brain racing toward some chemical event of a highly suspect⟳ nature. He sipped his tea. Pulse rate. Blink rate. Degree of nausea. Sweatiness of palms. Flushedness of face⟳.”

“Finally, I’d remark⟳ that I certainly would find⟳ her jumping unpredictable, that I truly doubted that she had tried it in years, and that I’d like⟳ very much to see⟳ her be her dog and jump⟳ up and down until she was out of breath. […] If I could convince⟳ her, I think⟳ she might jump⟳ up and down till she was breathless, till her face⟳ was flushed and her body was loose and unarmored. I think⟳ she might like⟳ the breathlessness, the flushedness, the looseness.”

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