had been whitening
- past perfect progressive of whiten.
Example Sentences
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More touching evidence was afforded by the bones of men and horses, which, in this solitary region, had been whitening in the blasts of seventy winters.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
As for his hair, it had been whitening ever since.
From Major Vigoureux by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
