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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This trunk, with the leaves, he brought to the hill Wecheganawaw, when the sun of the morning was tinging the eastern clouds with his brightness.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
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
Day was breaking, the east was tinging with strange fires, the clouds breaking up for the coming of the sun; and at the sight, nameless terror seized upon his mind.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
Day was breaking, the east was tinging with strange fires, the clouds breaking up for the coming of the sun; and at the sight, nameless terror seized upon his mind.
From Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson
