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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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 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
Its hue is whitening with the fleece of five millions of cotton bales.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various
Light is amid the gloomy canvas spreading, The moon is whitening the dusky sails, From the thick bank of clouds she masters, shedding The softest influence that o’er night prevails.
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
