Example Sentences

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Our now-obsolete schedule was yellowing on the wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022

She was concerned his skin was "yellowing" and feared he may have glandular fever.

From BBC • May 4, 2016

The eastern sky was yellowing, and a peak of the tallest mountain cut a brown gash in the coming sunlight.

From Westerfelt by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

Squire Cady's face was yellowing, like his papers, and it was wrinkled and careworn; but his eyes were bright and humorous, and his voice pleasant.

From The Stolen Singer by Bellinger, Martha Idell Fletcher

She swallowed a lump in her throat with determination, and raised her eyes to the old sweet apple-tree whose fruit was yellowing in the August sunshine.

From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various