Examples of redden in a Sentence
First-degree burns redden the skin.
Her face reddened when her name was announced.
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This dust absorbs light from the core, reddening it and making the dust appear rusty brown.
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Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Longtime Ohio Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, who remained in power despite the state’s reddening hue, came under pressure in his reelection campaign this year to distance himself from transgender ideology.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
The teacher and education administrator won reelection by 3 percentage points in 2020 and then had one of the fastest growing and rapidly reddening areas of the state added to his district.
—Jeffrey Collins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
Turning the Dial In the fall of 2021, when the air grew crisp and the leaves reddened in central Ohio, Little John Cupp began feeling short of breath.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024
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Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Longtime Ohio Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, who remained in power despite the state’s reddening hue, came under pressure in his reelection campaign this year to distance himself from transgender ideology.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
The teacher and education administrator won reelection by 3 percentage points in 2020 and then had one of the fastest growing and rapidly reddening areas of the state added to his district.
—Jeffrey Collins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
Turning the Dial In the fall of 2021, when the air grew crisp and the leaves reddened in central Ohio, Little John Cupp began feeling short of breath.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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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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