Examples of redden in a Sentence
First-degree burns redden the skin.
Her face reddened when her name was announced.
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Musk recently embraced the phrase with a meme of eyes reddened from the intoxicating exhaustion of situation monitoring—a recreation more stimulating, the joke goes, than any chemical substance.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
One officer’s face appeared to be reddened and he could be seen rubbing his eye.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
During this event, the entire moon passes through the Earth's umbra (the darkest part of its shadow), causing the moon to appear darkened or reddened.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
One officer’s face appeared to be reddened and he could be seen rubbing his eye.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
During this event, the entire moon passes through the Earth's umbra (the darkest part of its shadow), causing the moon to appear darkened or reddened.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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redden
verb
red·den
ˈred-ᵊn 
reddened; reddening
ˈred-niŋ
-ᵊn-iŋ
: to make or become red
especially
: blush entry 1 sense 1
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