How to Use redden in a Sentence

redden

verb

• First-degree burns redden the skin.
• Her face reddened when her name was announced.
• Mok’s face swelled with rage, reddening like a berry in the sun.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 May 2020
• But over time, the skin around the incision reddened and peeled apart.
  — USA Today, 13 Dec. 2019
• Winter trees reddened; moss was bright on the stone walls.
  — Jane Brox, The New Yorker, 16 May 2020
• The site of contact will likely redden and swell like a bee sting.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• The next morning, March 19, dawned clear and cold, the sun reddening the granite faces of the Drus above the Mer de Glace glacier.
  — Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
• The skin reddens, and there are small, sandpapery bumps.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
• The interrogator bit down hard on the towel and screamed and his eyes welled and reddened.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 29 Jan. 2020
• The interrogator bit down hard on the towel and screamed, and his eyes welled up and reddened.
  — Paul Yoon, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
• The idea that a magical season was over hit the Coyotes, and eyes reddened and heads dropped.
  — Kent Somers, azcentral, 7 Dec. 2019
• When the Red Sox sent him down after just two starts, his eyes reddened with tears that never quite spilled over.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• At that point, Calderwood lands a hard elbow that reddens Lee’s eye.
  — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
• With that, an impressive rushing sound came up from the forge, and the center of the coal mound reddened like a stoplight.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
• If the 2017 Los Angeles sports year had a face, it would be slightly reddened.
  — Bill Plaschke, latimes.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• Not only was my face reddening from the workout, but the August heat didn’t help to cool it down.
  — Emily Rekstis, SELF, 19 Sep. 2018
• The skin will usually redden and sometimes blister at the site of the exposure as well.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2017
• And in the following days, astronomers saw the telltale reddening of a kilonova in the same spot as the gamma-ray burst.
  — Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• Rouge, also known as blush, is a cosmetic product which can be used to redden your cheeks.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
• In the spring, the cottonwood trees that grew along the Rio Grande behind our house would redden my eyes and turn on the spigot that normally served as my nose.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 26 May 2017
• Ben Platt is bent at the waist, his face reddening as his head nears his white Converse All-Stars, while his voice teacher thumps him on the back with a squishy blue ball.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2016
• In some people, the betalains can cause stools to darken and urine to redden (a side effect known as beeturia).
  — Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2021
• There was a moment during his talk when Young’s eyes started to redden when the subject became Daniels.
  — Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2022
• The white participants dress up like Indians and redden their skin with body paint made from iron ore.
  — Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• Take a look at Wisconsin, a reddening state that should be a battleground in 2018.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 22 Mar. 2018
• At night, lights along the valley climb the slopes of the back hills to quiet residential sections, while along the river, steel converters redden the sky.
  — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2021
• The photo of the toddler shows most of his torso and face reddened from the scalding hot water, which caused a layer of skin to peel off from his right shoulder and stomach.
  — PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2018
• But the Democratic incumbent is still locked in a tough race for reelection in a reddening state.
  — Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 18 July 2023
• Her emerald green eyeshadow reaches up to her eyebrows, two circles of blush reddened her cheeks.
  — Federica Polidoro, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
• Whether this is from an intrinsically red galaxy, or instead from large amounts of dust that can redden light, is unknown.
  — Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American, 27 June 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024