whitening

[ hwahyt-n-ing, wahyt- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1595–1605; whiten + -ing ¹

You might think a toothbrush or a whitening kit may be boring, but they’re incredibly functional.

It was during the construction of the Argentine nation that this whitening became law and policy.

A comprehensive skin-care routine, whitening eye drops, lip balm, concealer, and a bronzing gel.

Do you turn on the TV and see ads for whitening toothpaste and fluffy toilet paper, and think, everything here is so trivial here?

The fumes of the sulphur have the effect of destroying the color, or whitening the straw.

The humor kindled in the little man's brown eyes, and his fingers played with his whitening red beard.

On the cluster of violets at her bosom powder had fallen, whitening them; in her high-dressed hair were pearls.

He hurried up the hillside that was rapidly whitening with snow and saw the vein.

Mercer listened with whitening face while Anina told him all this as best she could.

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