Example Sentences

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The site’s biographical articles are meant to be factual, not flattering, and even widely admired historical figures do not have whitewashed pages.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2025

This has happened before where social workers have not been vigilant or have whitewashed the case.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2018

Detractors worry that secular mindfulness teachers have whitewashed the technique, dulling its self-critical edge.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 29, 2015

Bogota and the Argentine Republic have whitewashed many a reputation.'

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

It's no concern of mine to know how you have whitewashed this thing over and made it look clean and decent—and honourable—to your fastidious eye.

From The Way of an Eagle by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)