whitewashed

Example Sentences

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The blunt imposing tower, in the rear, is in fact a chapel, a soaring whitewashed space illuminated by its own skylight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story, if you’ll pardon the pun there. And that’s wrong.”

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

French designer Christian Louboutin was among the first international figures to discover Comporta's charm, opening a hotel in Melides, a small village of whitewashed houses with blue doors.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

The site’s biographical articles are meant to be factual, not flattering, and even widely admired historical figures do not have whitewashed pages.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2025

Two hundred yards farther on, they came to the Yambuku Mission Hospital, a complex of low, whitewashed buildings made of concrete, with corrugated tin roofs.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston