How to Use vermilion in a Sentence

vermilion

noun
  • The sauce will break down into a deep and uniform vermilion color.
    — Danny Chau, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The bird’s name, vermilion flycatcher, might give you some clue as to its beauty.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
  • One of the men smeared our foreheads with sandalwood paste, vermilion, and rice.
    — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The carvings were covered up with lime plaster that had been tinted vermilion with brick dust.
    — Hussein Omar Simon Watson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Canary yellow swirls next to dark burgundy, and chartreuse grabs the eye when paired with vermilion. Upend the adage of separating warm colors (like red) and cool ones (blues), and go for shock.
    — Amy Merrick, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The pork is stained red, shading from carmine to vermilion, and a beautiful ruin.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • For example, mercury sulphide, known to painters as vermilion, has a small band gap.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • With the smear of vermilion, the women had declared the river married.
    — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 9 Aug. 2019
  • This vermilion shade from Chanel is a perfectly retro, creamy orange-red.
    — Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • These are edged with a glossy vermilion border and filed into a tapered almond shape for an extra edge.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That also includes grouper and the other snapper species like vermilion, gray and lane snapper.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 16 July 2017
  • Huge statement scarfs in vermilion and saffron added a touch of seasonal humor.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Swift switched up her signature classic, bright, crimson lip shade for an orangey-red vermilion hue.
    — Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The vermilion rockfish is recognizable by its vivid red color, but others are brown, blue, gray.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • To Turner, the vermilion red sun was sunset and rest so there are vermillion red, dark colors by the bedroom for rest.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The flame trees blaze with vermilion flowers, and the frangipani’s fragrance is at its most intense in May, before the monsoons move in.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 15 May 2020
  • The artisan touch extends to salmon lox, cured with beets for a brilliant vermilion color and endearing sweetness.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The facade of Margarita Phil’s is a junkyard of yellow and vermilion planks.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The facade of Margarita Phil's is a junkyard of yellow and vermilion planks.
    — Author: Anthony Faiola, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Blood exploded out of Bandino's neck like flames being tossed out of a bucket, turning the snow at his feet into a sea of vermilion.
    — Barry Gifford, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • If the gap is diminished still more, as sometimes happens when vermilion is exposed to light, the pigment absorbs all visible light and turns black.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • Expect hard-edge black and vermilion typography rendered at the scale of architecture, the better to dance with.
    — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • For five hours, all that can be seen is an endless expanse of ocher shifting to vermilion, corrugated by ancient crags and pocked with swirling violet salt pan lakes.
    — David Prior, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Jan. 2017
  • Lava appearing in its summit, or sneaking out of fissures on its flanks, can light up the night sky with a striking vermilion glow, threatening nobody.
    — Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Genève bag is ready for Lunar New Year gifting with its vermilion red colorway and stamped bunny logo.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Any rockfish will work, but vermilion rockfish is a great variety readily available in San Diego.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Gargantuan scarf-wraps surrounded the body — and one, in vermilion, came actually attached across the bust.
    — Washington Post, 4 July 2018
  • What the heck is a vermilion flycatcher doing in Massachusetts?
    — Eric Williams, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
  • These gorgeous flowers bloom hard all season in rich chocolate, deep blue, vermilion red, glowing orange, gold and dark purple with striking bicolors.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
  • During a hike in the Ramona Grasslands, the flaming red of a vermilion flycatcher flashed as the bird moved from one tree to another.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023

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