was tinting
- past progressive of tint.
Example Sentences
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Beyro was tinting his dough brownish gray, so that the plaster would match the hue of the original lion, which is in the British Museum.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2016
The first faint glimmer of light was tinting the east, though all the stars above shone as brilliantly as ever against the profound velvet black of the high heavens.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Just as the dawn was tinting the surrounding peaks with softest rose they topped a ridge, and Khinjan lay below them across the mile-wide bone-dry valley.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
It was high noon when they entered and found a table; by the time they had finished their dinner, the night was ending and the first glow of dawn was tinting the distant hills.
From Last Enemy by Piper, H. Beam
Another question developed the fact that whenever Harris was away it was generally assumed that he was tinting the metropolis vermilion from the Battery to the Bronx.
From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
