whiten

Example Sentences

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For example, you can whiten teeth with a single tap.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the import expo, it showcased a new whitening toothpaste for the Chinese market, developed at Crest’s Beijing research institute.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it appeared, at least from preliminary accounts, to confine its physical effects to the whitening of lawns and decks.

From Washington Post

I saw that show, and Bey’s piece remains seared in my memory: Over time, the relaxer ran down the walls, stripping the pigment from the images — literally whitening them in the process.

From Los Angeles Times

Early home economists were consumer activists, who sought to “protect working-class and poor urbanites from unscrupulous merchants selling shoddy fabric and clothes, bacteria-ridden meat from dirty slaughterhouses, and flour whitened with lead.”

From Washington Post