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
This is the guy whose face tends to redden after a stray shot?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2021
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
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
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
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
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
These analyses revealed that reddened cells not only had a high concentration of diadinoxanthin, the most abundant carotenoid in E. gracilis, but also produced an unidentified xanthophyll-type carotenoid.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Firefighters continued to battle a fire in Wajima city which reddened the sky with embers and smoke.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
She reddened, ashamed, and set down her fork.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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
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
Saban said, clicking his teeth and looking away with reddening eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Ser Rodrik strode among the boys, face reddening beneath his white whiskers, muttering at .them one and all.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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