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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Age, indeed, had tinged his hair with grey, and, perhaps, slightly bent his form; but had neither depressed his spirits nor robbed his laughing blue eye of its lustre.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
By this time dawn had tinged the land and sky with light, and the tiny launch could be seen loitering by the shore.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
The hope that for a moment had tinged the darkness surrounding Dennis died away like the meteor's transient light.
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
By the time this was ready, and the red glare of a threatening sunset had tinged the snow and suffused the clouds with crimson, Tug came back, bringing nothing at all.
From The Ice Queen by Ernest Ingersoll
She bends before her ivory crucifix, and gazes on her blessed mother's face, where the sweet Florentine had tinged with light a countenance Too fair for worship, too divine for love!
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
