Examples of redden in a Sentence
First-degree burns redden the skin.
Her face reddened when her name was announced.
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The skin often reddens; internal organs begin to fail.
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Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
The normally thick horizon haze could attenuate and redden the sun's light somewhat giving it the appearance of a narrow slice of cantaloupe melon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Not an eclipsed sunrise but flocks of sandpipers and other shorebirds flocking against a reddening dawn sky.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
What if, for example, a thick layer of horizon haze significantly attenuates the sun's light, dimming and reddening it to such a degree that you're tempted to look directly at it?
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
The normally thick horizon haze could attenuate and redden the sun's light somewhat giving it the appearance of a narrow slice of cantaloupe melon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Not an eclipsed sunrise but flocks of sandpipers and other shorebirds flocking against a reddening dawn sky.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
What if, for example, a thick layer of horizon haze significantly attenuates the sun's light, dimming and reddening it to such a degree that you're tempted to look directly at it?
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 6 Aug. 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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