reddened

Example Sentences

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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

Beside her, Gabriela Jaquez sat with reddened eyes, her voice breaking as fielded questions about the loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

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

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

The young physicist reddened, “We didn’t really want to do without the robots, sir, and besides we weren’t certain exactly how such...uh...minor complaints might be received.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov