whitewash
noun
were whitewashing
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past progressiveof whitewash.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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He also said that describing the late president as a dictator is “wrong” and denied that he and his family were whitewashing history.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
The namesake son of the former president who was ousted in a 1986 pro-democracy uprising also denied in a TV interview aired late Tuesday that he and his family were whitewashing history.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
Anthony Lemer, 26, a young painter who grew up listening to Mr. Gainsbourg, said he was passing the house one day as painters were whitewashing the graffiti.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2016
Some convicts were whitewashing stones along the edge of a pathway that came toward the gate near where he stood.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
We took down seven dwelling-houses; in three weeks we were whitewashing the walls of our new workshop and laying in the machinery.
From The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend by Joseph Hodges Choate
