Example Sentences

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With a slightly reddened forehead, Ven turns his head to speak to me.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

Your face paled, then reddened, then paled again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 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

It may begin with loss of sensation on whitish patches of skin or reddened skin.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024

The young man reddened, “Well...I may have called it a...a few things.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov