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
"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
Frost has bound our flowing river, Snow has whitened all our island brake, And beside the winter fagot Joan and Darby doze and dream and wake.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Frost has bound our flowing river; Snow has whitened all our island brake.
From New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
