Examples of redden in a Sentence
First-degree burns redden the skin.
Her face reddened when her name was announced.
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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.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
This bright, dust-rich, star-forming galaxy was severely reddened.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
The manager who is so often the picture of calm had reddened eyes, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
This bright, dust-rich, star-forming galaxy was severely reddened.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
The manager who is so often the picture of calm had reddened eyes, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 28 Nov. 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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