tinge
verb (used with object)
to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
is tingeing
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present progressiveof tinge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In some such doubtful words and phrases can one perhaps most clearly picture the peculiar ethical paradox that faces the Negro of to-day and is tingeing and changing his religious life.
From The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois
