were whitening
- past progressive of whiten.
Example Sentences
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The captain walked straight toward it, and we were back on board just as the first glimmers of dawn were whitening the surface of the ocean.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
Antony had turned into fifty; his hair and beard were whitening with the frost of years.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Hubbard, Elbert
The clover fields along the harbor shore were whitening in the western wind, and Captain Jim had one of his finest sunsets on exhibition.
From Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Thousands of the weaker among them had succumbed to starvation or disease, and their bones were whitening the Plains or lying in the vast depths of the Pacific Ocean.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs
During this time, the bones of the traveler were whitening in the depths of this lost forest of Central Africa, and he no longer lived except in the remembrance of his dog.
From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Verne, Jules
