redden
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Dust can absorb blue light, and redden the object.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
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
He stops talking, his eyes redden, he takes a deep breath, and reaches for his cup of tea.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2019
Recounting this, Gadsby’s eyes redden; her voice is loud and breaking.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 28, 2018
Her cheeks redden, and her normally cocky voice comes out shaky and uncertain.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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
Why couldn’t it be the interstellar gas that reddens distant stars and not the dust?
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
His face reddens to a deep crimson, the veins on his neck taut like wires pulled too tight.
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
With a slightly reddened forehead, Ven turns his head to speak to me.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
Among those hit was Conway, who rushed to the side to have their reddened eyes washed out with water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
The silhouette then burst into a reddened field of 20 silhouettes throughout the arena.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
As sunrise reddened the Mountain of Gont behind them they raised the high sail and ran southwestward over the Gontish Sea.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
He described how there was a reddening of the skin around Noah's forehead as well as "extensive maceration and peeling" of his hands and feet.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
It isn’t blood reddening Kelson’s skin, but iodine.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Wise, his face visibly reddening, stood up and asked, Can we not talk about me?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
Interestingly, the researchers found that strong red-light irradiation at 605-660 nm triggered a reddening reaction in E. gracilis when cultured in bonito stock.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Mrs. Reilly looked at her son’s reddening face and realized that he would very happily collapse at her feet just to prove his point.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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