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 happens as a result of the same optical physics that causes rosy sunrises and sunsets: Earth’s atmosphere scatters blue light but transmits red light, and this reddening increases as more air intervenes, like when the sun is low on the horizon.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
Symptoms include vaginal burning, inflammation (reddening of the genital area), irritation, and foul-smelling discharge.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 30 Jan. 2025
Skin flushing generally looks like reddening of the skin.
—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
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
Symptoms include vaginal burning, inflammation (reddening of the genital area), irritation, and foul-smelling discharge.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 30 Jan. 2025
Skin flushing generally looks like reddening of the skin.
—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
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 15 Mar. 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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