The child had a strong body and a ruddy complexion. From LearnThat.org.
A ruddy complexion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I get by on a certain Welsh ruddy charm, and the rest is conversation. From Wordnik.com. [8/31/03 I'd like to take] Reference
His face classified as ruddy, his cheekbones hollow. From Wordnik.com. [SEASONS OF GOLD] Reference
Yes, he meant it in the "cheerfully confident; optimistic" sense and not the "ruddy" sense. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference
I love the colour of those crab apples, the ones near me are a kind of ruddy green like a pippin. From Wordnik.com. [Crab apple picking] Reference
Is wrapt in ruddy flame?. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
He also likes to squeeze in the word "ruddy" wherever possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
• Keith Olbermann Complexion Index: sliding scale from "ruddy" to "ashen pallor". From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
For instance, if I were to call your cheek a 'ruddy' cheek, that would be poetical licence. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert and Sullivan] Reference
She is described as having a "ruddy" complexion, she is 5ft 1ins in height and of stocky build. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
The missing woman is described as having a "ruddy" complexion, she is 5ft 1ins in height and of stocky build. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
Gilbert, in replying said I cannot at all agree with you that there is the slightest connection between 'ruddy' and 'bloody'. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert and Sullivan] Reference
Mr. Chenery renders it "dark red, 'and" ruddy "altogether missing the idea. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
"ruddy" face, were the least of his obligations to the breezy uplands, where he kept his father's sheep. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms] Reference
My beloved is white and ruddy, chosen out of thousands. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 24: Canticle of Canticles The Challoner Revision] Reference
For he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comely countenance. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 09: 1 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
Better than gold that youthful bloom of his round, ruddy face. From Wordnik.com. [The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse] Reference
Looking forward to those muted tweeds and ruddy hues of autumn?. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Fashions: Recycled In More Ways Than One] Reference
She smiled and showed how the wine had stained her teeth ruddy. From Wordnik.com. [My Brother's House] Reference
Now he was ruddy and beautiful to behold, and of a comely face. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 09: 1 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
He sports thick, mutton-chop sideburns down his round, ruddy face. From Wordnik.com. [Scroobius Pip, Commanding Pop Culture in Rhyme] Reference
Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Remy's eyes were black and dead, his ruddy pockmarked face expressionless. From Wordnik.com. [Murderer's Road] Reference
John Richardson is a ruddy Australian who has scaled Mount Everest -- twice. From Wordnik.com. [Customers Wanted--Fast] Reference
They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB): Lamentations] Reference
These ruddy-faced people are very devils, if you meddle with their family affairs!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The room was filled with ruddy-faced fishermen and those who rely on their business. From Wordnik.com. [Tempers Flare At Town Hall On Gulf Coast] Reference
To Clinton haters, the answer seems as obvious as the bulbous nose on his ruddy face. From Wordnik.com. [So Long, Music Man] Reference
The color on his face went from ruddy to plumbers paste when I told him what I do for a living. From Wordnik.com. [Warning: Mud Makes Me Horny] Reference
He also says the sometimes self-deprecating woman with the ruddy, sardonic wit, is a huge loss. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Jazz Singer And Activist Abbey Lincoln] Reference
You'd be forgiven for thinking that McClymont, tall and ruddy-cheeked, might have a different job. From Wordnik.com. [Mull: where having a job means you do anything] Reference
The sun was setting behind me, casting a ruddy glow through the trees and across the empty, peaceful water. From Wordnik.com. [A River Runs Through Me] Reference
This time, when she climbed up to her nest, she found a ruddy great big hard cold rock sitting in her place. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Bernays: Motherhood] Reference
When I picked him up, he hung on limp and whimpering, nuzzling his ruddy, hot face into the crook of my arm. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Gresko: When Baby Starts Testing Limits, Daddy Tries Discipline] Reference
When he swept into Manhattan from London two weeks ago, pink-tied and ruddy-faced, he turned heads on the streets. From Wordnik.com. [A Press Lord's Tattered Prize] Reference
This episode's thematic advertising account is Pond's Cold Cream, which has Peggy and ruddy Freddy Rumsen (he's back) working together. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Turley: Desire and Expectations: Mad Men Episode 2] Reference
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