redden
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Ever wondered why your cheeks redden when all eyes are on you?
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
From its color, Ellis and his colleagues knew at least some of its stars were mature, because they tend to redden with age.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 30, 2022
To redden and blow is to lose one’s grip on reality—the act of yelling is either played for laughs or it’s indicative of some pathological fissure.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 31, 2019
Bliss “is the exact reason women and men don’t report these crimes,” Feden said, as Bliss’ face appeared to redden.
From Reuters ● Apr. 26, 2018
I can feel myself redden, even in the dark, and I can also feel myself get ready to argue.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
I suspect the raw, honest anger that reddens her eyes comes from a place of knowing and experience.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023
He explained he takes antibiotics every day as he has rosacea, which reddens and can deform the face.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2022
Ceylon has a yellow perianth with a rich orange cup that reddens over the blooming period.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
When a star moves toward us, its light will appear ever-so-slightly bluer, and when the star recedes, it reddens.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2019
The Director’s face reddens, but he keeps his voice calm.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
The heat from the fire melted the paint on some helmets and reddened the skin in the small gaps between the masks, Marchuk said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
As blood trickled from the champion's nose and reddened his mouth, Figueroa continued to press and appeared the fresher man at the halfway mark.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
Your face paled, then reddened, then paled again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
The silhouette then burst into a reddened field of 20 silhouettes throughout the arena.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
"There, you see, you've reddened your whole face."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
It isn’t blood reddening Kelson’s skin, but iodine.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Officers said they have identified a person of interest who is believed to be mixed race, aged in their 20s to 30s and had brown eyes which showed signs of reddening.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
In a recent study, researchers from Japan found an efficient and low-resource approach to trigger a reddening reaction in E. gracilis using red light and a bonito fish-based culture medium.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Saban said, clicking his teeth and looking away with reddening eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
“Every time I look at you, Kaede, I—” She stopped, breathless, her cheeks reddening.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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