whiten
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become white.
is whitening
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present progressiveof whiten (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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The weather is grim, bitterly cold, with a strong north-east wind, raw and damp, but while snow is whitening the hills only rain and sleet fall here.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Young as she is, her hair is whitening, She has ploughed thro' years of sorrow deep, She looks at her boy, and her eyes are brightening, Shame if ever you make them weep!
From The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
His hair is whitening and his eyes are weary.
From Second Book of Tales by Eugene Field
The gray upon your cheeks is whitening and the razor must be used more vigilantly to further deception.
From The Romance of an Old Fool by Roswell Martin Field
The mildew of death is whitening each of us at this moment; the last golden sands are running out.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
