whiten
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For example, you can whiten teeth with a single tap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Their interlocking hands whiten as their grip tightens and Neta recalls what happened next.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
The cream, which contained ingredients to whiten the skin of European women, was sold off by the house and sed to create the skincare company of the same name.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
And salon services to whiten a naturally brown beard aren’t cheap.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
Harry saw his pupils contract to thin slits, saw the skin around his eyes whiten.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Maybe I’ll still be kept warm by my summer odyssey come December, when frost whitens the lawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
According to Greene’s tweet, the premium retouching option costs $11.99 and "whitens teeth, evens skin tone and removed blemishes and scars."
From Fox News ● Nov. 2, 2021
Poach fish gently in oil until it fully whitens and flakes easily, about 5 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2018
It pulls the debris out of the mouth, cleans and whitens teeth.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016
Condemn it because it sends down stifling darkness, sucks the life from grass, and whitens the sapling leaf for trifling, fluttering friends?
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Many healers of the day also recommended treating eye infections with human milk, which was known as "whitened blood".
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2024
He had red hair and a face whitened with talcum powder.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
More common, however, are rough-edge rectangles made of brawny pencil strokes and dynamic cross-hatching and sometimes whitened by erasures and abrasions.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
When the newly whitened Max — who now goes by Matthew Fisher — abandons Harlem for Atlanta, Buni and another friend, Agamemnon, show up at the train depot, hoping to convince him to stay.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
One wild puff full of powder had whitened Mrs. Reilly’s face, the front of her dress, and a few loose maroon wisps.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
To address this, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have created an experimental whitening powder that is activated by the vibrations of an electric toothbrush.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
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 ● Nov. 30, 2025
With shelves full of whitening, charcoal, and enamel-boosting pastes, it's easy to assume the pricier options will give you a healthier smile.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
In food, calcium phosphate is used as a whitening agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Then, in the quiet of that whitening night, standing in new snow with the pine boughs coated above him, Turner felt the hand that he had feared all night long grab him by the shoulder.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
