Ruddy has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. | |
| 2. | My beloved is white and ruddy, chosen out of thousands. | |
| 3. | "I think he is a very disagreeable man," said Anne, with a resentful toss of her ruddy head. | |
| 4. | His complexion was as white as milk, his hair ruddy like flames, while his countenance shone as if it had just been washed. | |
| 5. | As year succeeded to year she grew taller and stronger, her cheek more ruddy and her step more elastic. | |
| 6. | As the sun rose slowly above the eastern horizon, the caps of the great mountains lit up one after the other, like lamps at a festival, until they were all ruddy and glowing. | |
| 7. | The hint of stubble on his face evens out his ruddy looks. | |
| 8. | At the end of a long drab passage my new acquaintance pushed open a door and turned on an electric switch. A number of lamps shining through tinted shades bathed the whole great room before us in a ruddy radiance. | |
| 9. | The sun was beginning to sink behind the stables of Mapleton, and the long, sloping plain in front of us was tinged with gold, deepening into rich, ruddy browns where the faded ferns and brambles caught the evening light. | |
| 10. | His round, ruddy face was naturally full of cheeriness, but the corners of his mouth seemed to me to be pulled down in a half-comical distress. |