redden
verb (used with object)
to make or cause to become red.
are reddening
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present progressiveof redden.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In the sunset, which is somewhat fiery, Shuturun and the precipices of the Tang-i-Bahrain are reddening.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Dead leaves are reddening in the woodland copse, And forest boughs a fading glory wear; No breath of wind stirs in their hazy tops, Silence and peace are brooding everywhere.
From The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems by Kate Seymour MacLean
The trunks o' the trees are reddening, which tells us the sun's slantin'; and these little shavers must be fed and bedded before sundown.
From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by M. B. Manwell
The mulberries are reddening, the Doctor reports on his return with the Boy from a botanizing expedition, and black-caps are turning; while bergamot and vervain are among the plants newly added to the herbarium.
From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Reuben Gold Thwaites
