whiten
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become white.
has whitened
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present perfectof whiten (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Time has whitened his hair and the nervous agonies of his trade have given Hurley ulcers.
From Time Magazine Archive
This inhuman death of one so fair and innocent has whitened my locks and seared my very heart-strings.
From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green
But where hair has whitened prematurely there is always a freshness and vitality about eyes and complexion that bespeaks youth.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
His care-worn countenance pales with melancholy; his hair has whitened with tribulation; his demeanour denotes a man of tender sensibility fast sinking into a physical wreck.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
"I am not lecturing anyone," replies he, looking very like her, now that his face has whitened a little and a quick fire has lit itself within his eyes.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
