ting
verb (used with or without object)
to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
had tinged
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past perfectof ting.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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past perfectof tinge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
tingeverb (used with object)to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
Example Sentences
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He knew that it was merely the southern exposure that had tinged their bark and caused that friendly glow, but he liked it all the same.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Emma G. Moore
Howard wondered if it were there because the odd sadness of a forsaken town had tinged her spirit with its own weird melancholy; or if she had been disturbed by word of Jim Courtot.
From The Desert Valley by Jackson Gregory
A flush had tinged the healthy tan of her cheeks the moment Slade introduced the subject of The Gray Phantom.
From The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon
Asbury had tinged his version with a little romance.
From Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges by Edward Sylvester Ellis
He made no boorish jests; his eyes were not as the eyes of many that had gazed at her in a way that had tinged her dusky cheeks with warm resentment.
From Sundown Slim by Anton Otto Fischer
