whiten
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become white.
had whitened
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past perfectof whiten.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Within their firm husks the grains of rice had whitened and hardened.
From Time Magazine Archive
His unruly hair had whitened into a mane, and his face bore lines and wrinkles beyond the mere ravages of time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Time had whitened his hair, turned his cheeks a flaming pink, and softened the lines of his face.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the bathroom mirror, he saw that even the rims of his nostrils had whitened; they looked like an oddly placed pair of spectacles.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
One night two Indwellers danced, men so old that their hair had whitened, and their limbs were skinny, and the downward folds at the outer eye-corners half hid their dark eyes.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
