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
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
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
Keenan’s neck reddens, and he’s still refusing to look at me.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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
But it turns out, the reddened Redick only made them tougher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
The silhouette then burst into a reddened field of 20 silhouettes throughout the arena.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
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
His staff began to shine, not with the werelight but with a clear white glow, that soon grew so bright that it reddened his fingers where they held the radiant wood.
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
Wise, his face visibly reddening, stood up and asked, Can we not talk about me?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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
Stout, jowly Janos Slynt puffed himself up like an an-gry frog, his bald pate reddening.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
