tint
noun
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
was tinting
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past progressiveof tint.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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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
Autumn was tinting the forest and the tang he loved was in the air when the great hunter passed.
From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Constance Lindsay Skinner
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 H. Beam Piper
When the five awakened the next morning the rain had ceased, and a splendid sun was tinting a blue sky with gold.
From The Scouts of the Valley by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
