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
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
Route 84, beyond the pump jacks sticking up like praying mantises, past the wind turbines, past where the ground seems to redden and the towns have names like Roscoe, Slaton and Post?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2019
I can feel myself redden, even in the dark, and I can also feel myself get ready to argue.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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 looks like he wants to stop me, then reddens and decides against it.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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
With a slightly reddened forehead, Ven turns his head to speak to me.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
Among those hit was Conway, who rushed to the side to have their reddened eyes washed out with water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
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 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
Researchers now aim to use the data to understand how this chicken reddening may act as a social signal among the birds.
From Salon ● May 15, 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
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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