Examples of redden in a Sentence
First-degree burns redden the skin.
Her face reddened when her name was announced.
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Skin flushing generally looks like reddening of the skin.
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
Other houseplants can also redden if grown at the higher end of their light level preferences, such as certain begonias and bromeliads.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
The researchers suggest that this could mean that the surface of the asteroid had been reddened by exposure to radiation, and the first material to exit the impact came from the surface.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2024
This dust absorbs light from the core, reddening it and making the dust appear rusty brown.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
Other houseplants can also redden if grown at the higher end of their light level preferences, such as certain begonias and bromeliads.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
The researchers suggest that this could mean that the surface of the asteroid had been reddened by exposure to radiation, and the first material to exit the impact came from the surface.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2024
This dust absorbs light from the core, reddening it and making the dust appear rusty brown.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 20 Jan. 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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