Miles of whitewashed fences. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : The home team whitewashed the visitors eight to nothing. From Dictionary.com.
Court last week, and was what they call whitewashed, I believe. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
Ragland's son, went through the Court last week, and was what they call whitewashed, I believe. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
The tourists crowded the tables in the sidewalk cafes, the slogans had been whitewashed from the walls, the children were back in school. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Mexico watch out for the wind] Reference
Plain whitewashed walls, a heavy door, a wooden table with two chairs, and one small window with frosted glass rendered the room soulless. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear] Reference
The walls are all thickly whitewashed, which is a pleasure to see. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
" Then a pleasant expression whitewashed his features, and he said, "What happened next?. From Wordnik.com. [Salem Falls]
All the rooms in the house, without exception, those on the ground floor as well as those on the first floor, were whitewashed, which is a fashion in barracks and hospitals. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine] Reference
Editorial board slams Metro for "whitewashed" escalator report Post. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: Nov. 10, 2010] Reference
I simply see no evidence that the history of Japan in WWII has been "whitewashed" by anyone. From Wordnik.com. [James Cameron Options Last Train to Hiroshima | /Film] Reference
A Mary Sue is a character who does all the things you wish you could do, a kind of whitewashed romanticised version of yourself. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Sue] Reference
The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) on Thursday denied claims that it "whitewashed" criminal allegations against national police commissioner Jackie Selebi. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
There was a huge outcry during the film's production because M. Night "whitewashed" the cast. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
The opening day of the 1999 cricket season - 13 April - was 'whitewashed' in Chester-le-Street by heavy snow, a novelty for the county's Australian captain David Boon. From Wordnik.com. [Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Gros believes the results of the tests will have the intended effect of calming investors 'fears but lamented that "whitewashed" test criteria prevented what could have been an. From Wordnik.com. [Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE] Reference
'whitewashed' it again with a solution of foot powder smearing it on with a shaving brush. From Wordnik.com. [THE GREAT ESCAPE]
"whitewashed" a bright rose color, every house having almost the same tint, which gives a peculiar appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Modern India] Reference
Rebuilt now, whitewashed for the rain-washed children. From Wordnik.com. [Upwards, Into the White Eye Rising] Reference
The older generation clings to its whitewashed memories. From Wordnik.com. [Fallen Heroes] Reference
Wat Khili boasts a whitewashed chapel built in the boxy style of. From Wordnik.com. [City Walk: Luang Prabang] Reference
The whitewashed nurses becoming the results, any minute, any minute. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Evans: The Poetry of Michael Tyrell] Reference
BOWMAN: The police station is just two small, whitewashed buildings. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Toils To Build Police Force In Kandahar] Reference
Guernsey, whose stable had a good cement floor and was neatly whitewashed. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
The walls were whitewashed brick but dusty and full of cobwebs and earwigs. From Wordnik.com. [Outer Sanctum: Why we love to step outside the box to think inside the shed] Reference
"Her view was, 'I'm not going to be whitewashed out of history'," says Brinkley. From Wordnik.com. [Family History: The First Mrs. John Kerry] Reference
In a whitewashed era, Quinn's repertoire was often the only glimmer of diversity. From Wordnik.com. [What Lives They Led] Reference
All this against a mouthwatering backdrop of whitewashed Greek alleys and blue sea haze. From Wordnik.com. [Cephalopod To The Rescue] Reference
On arriving, we were ushered into two whitewashed boxes, which had been reserved for our party. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The sculptures that remain jut starkly from whitewashed showcases like ghoulish transformer toys. From Wordnik.com. [The sculptures made out of Iraqi weapons] Reference
The east side of the building was perfect as a drive-in movie screen: whitewashed, flat, no texture. From Wordnik.com. [The Guerilla Drive-In] Reference
The little houses are timber-framed and whitewashed, with deep projecting eaves and often many gables. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
The Clorox metaphor is particularly apt in summer, when film critics are whitewashed like dirty laundry. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: See You At The Movies] Reference
Set aside an afternoon to get lost in the city's labyrinth of whitewashed houses, bazaars and courtyards. From Wordnik.com. [Island Spice] Reference
He watched the light cast odd shapes on the whitewashed walls, riveted as if he had been in a movie theater. From Wordnik.com. [Prickly Heat] Reference
For most human shields, their Iraqi odyssey includes one early stop at a whitewashed Ottoman-era palace in old Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [Babes In Saddamland] Reference
You can see the way it was poured, almost as if by scarcity and gunpoint, and whitewashed to cover haste with more haste. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference
We found ourselves some time later on the outside of a high whitewashed wall with iron gates to match those at Versailles. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome To Cape Town] Reference
The little whitewashed inn with the hill behind it, the moonlit water of the bay, and the tide coming rolling in across the wet sands. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
In the back yard stood a big old chicken-coop, which had been cleaned out and nicely whitewashed for the children to use as a play-house. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
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