redden
verb (used with object)
to make or cause to become red.
was reddening
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past progressiveof redden.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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His voice was rising, and his face was reddening.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2016
At the same time there was despair in his eyes, for the risen sun was reddening even Mrs. Harker’s pale face.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
The sun was reddening the western sky and painting scarlet shadows on the golden skulls atop their spears when they took their leave of the captain-general’s tent.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The attack was made just as a summer night was reddening into dawn.
From Letters from France by C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean
Her face was reddening, as if with shame, but there was no shame in it.
From The Helpmate by May Sinclair
