yellow
noun
a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nanometers.
is yellowing
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present progressiveof yellow (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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“A lot of people are calling and saying their cactus is yellowing really hard, fell over or like broken arms, that sort of thing,” Booth said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
Here is yellowing photo evidence of a classic Kermit posable plush toy, the prize of what once was a teeming sculpture gallery of graven images.
From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2011
I'm told that the paper is yellowing and the handwriting, by now, is faint.
From Time ● Sep. 16, 2010
This is all to prepare the way that is not the way to like anything that in speaking is telling what has come that like a swelling is inside when there is yellowing.
From Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein
Inland there is corn yet standing out; it is yellowing on the fields, which are here green and fresh as in the middle of spring.
From Norse Tales and Sketches by Alexander Lange Kielland
