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
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
His eyes began to redden with a mix of nostalgia and anger.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2016
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
Why couldn’t it be the interstellar gas that reddens distant stars and not the dust?
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The one time our eyes meet in the mirror, I catch my breath, she reddens, and we both look elsewhere.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
He edged back into the contest with a right hook in the fifth as Ball - hampered by his nose, with his torso and shorts reddened - showed signs of slowing down.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024
Your face paled, then reddened, then paled again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
The silhouette then burst into a reddened field of 20 silhouettes throughout the arena.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
He gazes up at the set with reddened, watery eyes, sipping coffee that I will now and again offer to warm.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
He repeated the claim over and over, reddening and breaking into a sweat.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
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
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
Amos Diggory muttered again, now reddening behind his scrubby brown beard.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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