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
Anger flashed across her face like lightning and her nose, which tends to redden and swell in anger, blew up like a balloon.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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
He rubs the back of his neck; his face reddens with each step until he’s almost crimson.
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
Three bulldogs had mucousy, reddened or cloudy eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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
On other similar occasions she said Theo would come out of his room with his T-shirt ripped and reddened, and he'd need a plaster.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2024
Fatima reddened and hurried to the back of the kitchen.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
He repeated the claim over and over, reddening and breaking into a sweat.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 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
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
“Every time I look at you, Kaede, I—” She stopped, breathless, her cheeks reddening.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
