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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
redden .
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Examples
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Since the 14th century, a substance said to be the dried blood of the martyred saint periodically liquefies and reddens, indicating good years and bad according to legend.
Jeff Schweitzer: Heaven Can Wait Jeff Schweitzer 2011
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Since the 14th century, a substance said to be the dried blood of the martyred saint periodically liquefies and reddens, indicating good years and bad according to legend.
Jeff Schweitzer: Heaven Can Wait Jeff Schweitzer 2011
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Cecil reddens as I speak, but with my final words, the color drains from his face.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Cecil reddens as I speak, but with my final words, the color drains from his face.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Since the 14th century, a substance said to be the dried blood of the martyred saint periodically liquefies and reddens, indicating good years and bad according to legend.
Jeff Schweitzer: Heaven Can Wait Jeff Schweitzer 2011
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The petroleum smell of napalm coughs into the child's lungs, and the tiny body reddens against the wind of his own breath.
The Right Thing Robert Boswell 2011
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Or he will just be an opponent and then good reddens.
Sen. Bob Bennett (R, UT) will not be re-elected. | RedState 2010
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The louder she yells, the more her face reddens, the harder Elmer laughs.
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That ferocity perhaps explains why her porcelain complexion quickly reddens inside the protective headgear fencing requires.
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And, Anony at 12:12, I can remember more words than that, if not spell them: "Caput apri defero, reddens laudes Domino."
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