Word: blushing
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...exemplary," protests Joe, "it's not so much for the sake of clean living as for better sculling." He drinks no liquor, tea or coffee, never smokes, does not play cards, slot machines, or the horses, swears only "when the occasion demands." The word necking makes him blush. He is mighty sweet on ice cream, and-though jealousy for his amateur standing has kept this a secret-eats Wheaties for breakfast...
Miss Gallup admitted it was the first poll she had ever directed. But said with a blush that if represented a cross section of the girls...
...hair-splitting an effective adjective, let Astronomer Allen blush Neon...
...about the U. S.-why our country is so goddam pro-British is more than I can understand. I fear our present sentiments would cause Washington, Hamilton and Patrick Henry to blush with embarrassment. We licked the damn English once, now why the hell do we have to pal around? If we do go in again it will be a bad mistake. One man can keep us out. I think most of us are willing to admit now that Franklin D. Roosevelt is our greatest president. If he keeps us out of this war, he will go down in history...
...sprightliness, as they must occasionally to all improvising pianists, get way out of hand. His sincerest admirers will play oftener the solider, more artfully imaginative passages of The Boy and the Boat, a number which should make even plain listeners' feet pat as rapidly as their cheeks would blush if the meaning of its title were generally known...