Example Sentences

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Peter Robinson, the lead defense lawyer, said that Mr. Karadzic asked him to convey that “the appeals chamber has whitewashed an unfair trial and an unjust verdict” and that he would continue to fight.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2019

The supercool interior has whitewashed walls, wicker, and warm wood animated by jolts of saturated color: sunrise yellow, sunset orange and Caribbean blue.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2018

Per Una, a line for older women offering “Sixties Swing” striped tunics and “Love Your Curves” jeans, has whitewashed wooden wardrobes with jewelry displays and chandeliers.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 26, 2011

"The snow has whitewashed the world," says Yeh Chien-ying, deputy chairman of the military affairs commission of the Chinese Communist Party as he guides the President.

From Time Magazine Archive

I has plowed an' I has sowed, an' latah on I has laid cyahpets, an' I has whitewashed.

From The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories by Dunbar, Paul Laurence