Whitened

Examples

• The bones of his gallant army have whitened the sands of Palestine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Silk, lace, and wool when bleached with chlorine become hard and brittle, but when whitened with sulphurous acid, they retain their natural characteristics. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• For three days the snow fell, ice stopped the current of the rivers, and the birds flew out from crackling branches of the frost-whitened trees. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Finally the pin was straightened and blanched or whitened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Guppy looks into the shade in all directions, discovering everywhere a certain charred and whitened little heap of coal or wood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Long in the legs, yielding at the knees, foolish in the face, flannel-jacketed, lime-whitened. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In some canneries common corn is whitened with sulphurous acid, and is then sold under false representations. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It is whitened by passage through filters of finely pulverized charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Jane, turning at the cry, saw the cause of it lying prone upon the floor before them--the whitened skeleton of a man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The rosy face of my little friend whitened in an instant, and he drew back from me slowly, trembling from head to foot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There came, when they were about midway on their journey, a heavy rush of hail, which in a few minutes pelted the streets clear, and whitened them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Hanging lights made emerald caverns in the depths of foliage, and whitened the spray of a fountain falling among lilies. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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