redden
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Ever wondered why your cheeks redden when all eyes are on you?
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
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
Recounting this, Gadsby’s eyes redden; her voice is loud and breaking.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 28, 2018
The woman watched the ends of the incense redden and turn grey.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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, And a blue vein Deepens on his neck — Four, five, six .
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
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
Beside her, Gabriela Jaquez sat with reddened eyes, her voice breaking as fielded questions about the loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 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
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
The large balding man in long sleeves roars with every splashed basket, gestures with every scintillating pass, face reddening, arms flailing, celebrating so hard he once ripped a hole in his dress shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
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
Face reddening, Jon descended the slope to where Rattleshirt sat his horse.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
