tinge
verb (used with object)
to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
was tingeing
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past progressiveof tinge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was almost midnight and a ragged-looking moon was tingeing the quiet water with silver light.
From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Ralph Henry Barbour
But Maude was not quite hardened yet; and the shame of her situation was tingeing her eyelids.
From Elster's Folly by Mrs. Henry Wood
A faint flush was tingeing the east, and over the water-courses a silvery mist was spread.
From That Girl Montana by Marah Ellis Ryan
The sun, now hastening to his setting, was tingeing all the western ocean with a rich vermilion glow.
From The Island Home by Dalziel
Far in the east, over the top of the one beech-tree which still stood in the garden in spite of M. Lenôtre, the rising sun was tingeing the horizon with a delicate rosy glow.
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay
