For the other kind of ruddiness which is settled in the face with pimples, &c., because it pertains not to my subject, I will not meddle with it. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Did the vague ruddiness of his aura show him nodding?. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
Mars lost his ruddiness and grew pale in a grey field. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference
It did little to restore the natural ruddiness to his face. From Wordnik.com. [the thought that counts.. .] Reference
His voice was husky, and the ruddiness of his cheeks had paled. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
The ruddiness had faded from his cheeks, and he was much thinner. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
Pallor, by the heat coursing into the interior ruddiness leaves the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
If you really, really like the color red, get ready for some major ruddiness. From Wordnik.com. [Mirathon Makeover] Reference
Except for a lingering ruddiness to his complexion, his burns had all healed. From Wordnik.com. [Some Assembly Required] Reference
English ruddiness, but rather thin and somewhat pale, though bright of aspect. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
The ruddiness of his coloring had faded, leaving his skin with a withered look. From Wordnik.com. [Witch World]
There was a faintly sandy tinge in his hair, and in the ruddiness of his hollowed cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Over the River] Reference
The sunlight on his face, real sunlight, made the natural ruddiness rise in his cheeks again. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodthirst] Reference
The boy's face had a deathly pallor to it that was even worse than the ruddiness of the fever. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Son]
In winter plumage they lose a lot of their ruddiness, but they keep the black semicircular bib. From Wordnik.com. [What is this bird?] Reference
The amber light from the window made red-gold of his hair, added ruddiness to his less-gaunt features. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
These protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his years. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
The gentle cleanser and cream calm angry skin, and an SPF 15 protective base in a green tint counteracts ruddiness. From Wordnik.com. [Pandora Young: Sensitive Skin Savers] Reference
He saw me and came to his feet with an effort, the ruddiness of his face replaced by a sallow gray-green, the eyes bleary. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
He was plump and betrayed the usual signs of easy living but his eyes were alive and his face showed a familiar ruddiness. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories]
Retta had long since grown quiet: she lay in the tranquil ruddiness of waxworks sleep, each baby fist resting beside an ear. From Wordnik.com. [What Happened to the Baby?] Reference
All of the ruddiness drained from his features, and he commenced to pull and pick at his shirtfront, as if involved in floccillation. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
Even his moustache looked timid and boring against the startling ruddiness of skin that had not taken kindly to strong Australian sun. From Wordnik.com. [A Place of Execution]
Why not absorb that wholesome ruddiness, denied him so long, that breathes of open American prairies, fair play, and the Declaration of. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
The atmosphere was cold; ruddiness would have been quite out of place on her cheeks, and a flush must have been the rarest thing there. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
Dusk was beginning to reign; her parlour fire already glowed with twilight ruddiness; but I thought she wished the room dimmer, the hour later. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
She was smartly dressed in a navy blue suit, makeup had toned down the ruddiness of her cheeks and soft gray hair lay in fluffy curls on her forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
High of cheekbones she was, long-chinned and thin-lipped; her skin was fine and white, but without ruddiness; flat-breasted she was, and narrow-hipped. From Wordnik.com. [The Water of the Wondrous Isles] Reference
Dorothy's face had rounded some too, and the Lake air had given a ruddiness to her naturally delicate tinting, that was most becoming to her as a summer girl. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
It throws its unobtrusive tinge throughout the room, with a faint ruddiness upon the walls and ceiling, and a reflected gleam upon the polish of the furniture. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
Some were peaty black, like dried moleskins; others had a more southern Somerset ruddiness, a color that to me always seems old, like cheese rind or the face of a red deer. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
This extreme ruddiness brought a clue at last to the observant doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Red Lamp] Reference
Great precipices rose on the right, the ruddiness of sunset above them. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
If you have cool shade, avoid colours that will highlight the ruddiness of your skin tone: Gold, auburn and copper. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
'Poor fellow!' said Roger; 'I thought he looked terribly changed; shrunken, and his ruddiness of complexion altered.'. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
His death-like whiteness at this time brought out the regular beauty of his features as his usual ruddiness of colour never did. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker] Reference
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