How to Use ruddy in a Sentence

ruddy

adjective
  • She has a ruddy face.
  • Then Dan Jakubek, ruddy and tall, rose from his seat and faced the young men.
    — Damon Tabor, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2016
  • Munk, who is stocky, with ruddy skin and a shock of strawberry-blond hair, served this course to me himself.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The whiskey, which is bottled at 114 proof, is a deep ruddy brown color.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The flesh will stay ruddy red-orange and dense, and the flavor is beyond compare.
    — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In Hanapepe, the bottom layer turns a ruddy color like the soil.
    — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The blood moon is a trick of the light, when the typical whitish looking moon becomes red or ruddy brown.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Who hasn't been drawn to a big plump strawberry or a ruddy round tomato or a crisp green leaf of lettuce?
    — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2017
  • The chicken and fries arrived blanketed in a dark, ruddy sauce that was tangy and a little bit sweet.
    — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
  • His subordinates nicknamed him Pig for his jowls and ruddy cheeks.
    — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The man leaned his bulky body back in his seat and his ruddy face, surrounded by a white beard, took on the faraway look the woman knew well.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2020
  • The color is a ruddy amber, and the nose has a slight bite with notes of apple, orange, and tobacco.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Mars will rise in the eastern sky during the night, and can look a ruddy red color in telescopes and binoculars.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Hardin’s Creek Frankfort is a ruddy orangish-copper color, with grain, peanut, and oak on the nose.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The pink-gold is not ruddy red, and the silvered dial is subtly luminescent.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Blend over the tip of the nose, surrounding the nostrils, the tip of the chin, and any breakouts or areas of the cheeks that may be ruddy.
    — Sarah Wu, Teen Vogue, 21 June 2017
  • As is steak house tradition, salads are mixed tableside, drinks are stiff and the beef is ruddy, or cooked to your liking.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In another image, a woman stares at a ruddy sculptural bust with her own features that seems to be staring back.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Above the Belt and to the left is Orion's right shoulder, the bright and ruddy Betelgeuse.
    — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • His downcast eyes betray contemplation, and his face is marked by ruddy coloring and deep smile lines.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Out ran a pair of small black-and-white sheepdogs, followed by a white-haired, ruddy-faced man who seemed happy to receive visitors.
    — David Coggins, CNT, 24 Feb. 2017
  • No matter which big name is delivering them, a couple of ruddy Hulk smashes just aren’t enough.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Graham, who is sixty-seven, has a ruddy face, glasses, a sideways grin, and a glistening white beard.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Marsden is short and ruddy-faced; his chin and neck are lost to rotundity, and his wispy white hair is arranged in the style of an explosion.
    — David H. Freedman, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 1998
  • One pot of beans — made into a soup of ruddy pinquitos — is already a bounty that affords meals for days, with broth that only gets tastier over time.
    — Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The switch made the courts more durable and delivered cleaner, higher bounces, allowing the surfaces to play a lot more like a hard court than a ruddy ice rink.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • Visitors set up their gear - nice inflatable couch - along the ruddy path, which ended with a row of orange cones about three-quarters of mile from the trail head.
    — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
  • Afterwards, guests congregate together outside in the fresh air for a tea or juice, wearing nothing but a ruddy glow.
    — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 May 2024
  • The 74-year-old Charles often looks ruddy and dashing in his Savile Row blue pinstripe suits.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
  • That, and the watermelon radishes dressed in a tarragon vinaigrette, visually stunning against the ruddy palette of the duck and lentils.
    — AJC.com, 20 Nov. 2014

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