How to Use redden in a Sentence

redden

verb
  • First-degree burns redden the skin.
  • Her face reddened when her name was announced.
  • My cheeks reddened like spring blossoms in the air.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Tears blurred his vision and reddened his face.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Mok’s face swelled with rage, reddening like a berry in the sun.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 May 2020
  • The site of contact will likely redden and swell like a bee sting.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But over time, the skin around the incision reddened and peeled apart.
    — USA Today, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The interrogator bit down hard on the towel and screamed and his eyes welled and reddened.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 29 Jan. 2020
  • One officer’s face appeared to be reddened and he could be seen rubbing his eye.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Rouge, also known as blush, is a cosmetic product which can be used to redden your cheeks.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This dust absorbs light from the core, reddening it and making the dust appear rusty brown.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The whales started roiling and a sudden gush of blood reddened the water.
    — Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
  • At that point, Calderwood lands a hard elbow that reddens Lee’s eye.
    — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Saban said, clicking his teeth and looking away with reddening eyes.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The manager who is so often the picture of calm had reddened eyes, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The idea that a magical season was over hit the Coyotes, and eyes reddened and heads dropped.
    — Kent Somers, azcentral, 7 Dec. 2019
  • 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 front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Rose, though, reddening in the triangle between his eyes and nose, begins to sob.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
  • This bright, dust-rich, star-forming galaxy was severely reddened.
    — Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The skin will usually redden and sometimes blister at the site of the exposure as well.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2017
  • Her emerald green eyeshadow reaches up to her eyebrows, two circles of blush reddened her cheeks.
    — Federica Polidoro, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Her face was deeply grooved, cheeks reddened from laboring outside every day on a windy mountainside.
    — New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • Visible light has been shown to trigger erythema, or skin reddening, in lighter skin.
    — Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Darden’s creamy retinol serum works without peeling or reddening, to diminish dark spots and make your skin look smoother.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 8 May 2017

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