has whitened
- present perfect of whiten (3rd person singular).
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
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 Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
"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
Of one of his works Montesquieu said to a friend: "You will read it in a few hours, but I assure you it has cost me so much labor that it has whitened my hair."
From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett
It has whitened my hair, and made an old man of me before my time.
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
