ting
verb (used with or without object)
to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
have tinged
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present perfectof ting.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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present perfectof tinge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
tingeverb (used with object)to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, fear and distrust have tinged the warmth and politeness characteristic of Ecuadorian society.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
THE religious, esthetic and anthropological ramifications of Jung's ideas have tinged an astounding amount of contemporary thinking.
From Time Magazine Archive
No diseases of the outside world have tinged you.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Jay, aware that impropriety is the soul of wit, made observations in tones hardly above a whisper that might well have tinged the snowy tablecloth with a rosy hue.
From Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Then the home nest would have tinged our sensibilities with its loveliness and our affections would have been nailed down hard and fast forever and a day.
From Laugh and Live by Douglas Fairbanks
