ting
verb (used with or without object)
to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
was tinging
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past progressiveof ting.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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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.
tingeverb (used with object)to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
Example Sentences
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But, during that appalling conflict, whilst the blood of the valiant was tinging the streets of Preston, where was the General, who should have shared the dangers with his officers?
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Mrs. Thomson
I exclaimed, carried out of myself at sight of the enthusiasm that was tinging her delicate cheek and lighting up her eyes.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various
It had been raining all day, but now in the late afternoon the clouds had broken and the light of the low sun was tinging the landscape with a mellow golden glow.
From Action Front by Boyd Cable
Morning was tinging the hills which bound the eastern horizon of Winnica before Thaddeus found that his pelisse was wet with dew, and that he ought to return to his tent.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
The early dawn was tinging the frosty window panes with red when from the Kid's cot there came a shriek that roused the house with a start of very genuine surprise.
From Children of the Tenements by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
