whitewash
noun
had whitewashed
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past perfectof whitewash.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In its Wednesday reply, Parler said Amazon had whitewashed that timeline.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
Speaking afterwards, the ambassador declared the case a “gross provocation” which would hurt bilateral relations, adding that the inquiry had whitewashed the incompetence of Britain’s spy agencies.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2016
In e-mailed responses, however, at least two committee members claimed that the leaders had whitewashed a process that felt secretive and rushed, leaving them uncomfortable with the university’s selection of Hermann.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2013
The Rococo Revival suite would originally have been lined in fashionably loud wallpaper, but Modernist-leaning curators had whitewashed it before it came to the museum from Saratoga Springs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2012
"If somebody had whitewashed old Differs's face he couldn't have turned a sicker shade," said Tommy Dot, the only other infantryman present at the moment.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
