Etymology
Origin of whiteness
before 1000; Middle English whitenes, Old English hwītnes. See white, -ness
Example Sentences
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"The first thing I noticed was the whiteness of everything," said Liza Zorn, a German tourist who visited Ashgabat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
National Trust staff and volunteers will this week pack tonnes of new chalk onto the figure to restore the crisp whiteness of his outline.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Even when it doesn’t affect the plot directly, it’s the canvas the story is painted on, its whiteness of an intensity not otherwise seen on the screen, except in starship hallways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Their non-Jewishness, their non-otherness, their whiteness, their musical career, and their father’s birthplace—in a region that changed nationalities but ended up in Italy—enabled the family’s relatively smooth immigration process.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025
The Borribles did and there, just a little beyond the rim of the bridge, they saw a halo of harsh whiteness reflected on the underneath of the dark sky.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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