Example Sentences

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Tradwife content whitewashes history, but an honest look shows that contempt for housewives was a widespread theme in the past.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Critics say the new text still whitewashes the history of Bruce’s Beach, and many questioned whether creating a new monument actually amounts to justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Unlike the critic George Saintsbury, who looked to 18th-century literature for “repose and refreshment,” Damrosch never idealizes or whitewashes.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2019

But the film "whitewashes some of the darker aspects" of the personality of circus promoter PT Barnum, played by Jackman, she explains.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2018

Sometimes a man's hypocrisy whitewashes his whole life.

From Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy by Optic, Oliver