Examples of redden in a Sentence
First-degree burns redden the skin.
Her face reddened when her name was announced.
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Warning signs include yellowing within a week of infestation, purpling or reddening of leaves, stunting despite adequate moisture, weakening root systems and patchy areas of thinning or dead grass.
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Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Eventually, all galaxies throughout the universe will stop producing new stars, and the starlight filling the universe will gradually redden and dim.
—Stephen Dikerby, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2025
Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
This bright, dust-rich, star-forming galaxy was severely reddened.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
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Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Eventually, all galaxies throughout the universe will stop producing new stars, and the starlight filling the universe will gradually redden and dim.
—Stephen Dikerby, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2025
Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
This bright, dust-rich, star-forming galaxy was severely reddened.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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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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