whiteness
Example Sentences
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"The first thing I noticed was the whiteness of everything," said Liza Zorn, a German tourist who visited Ashgabat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
He theorises that inequality exists in a nation founded on pro-black, pan-African principles because a deference for whiteness was hard-wired into the region, long before independence.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Even when it doesn’t affect the plot directly, it’s the canvas the story is painted on, its whiteness of an intensity not otherwise seen on the screen, except in starship hallways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Their non-Jewishness, their non-otherness, their whiteness, their musical career, and their father’s birthplace—in a region that changed nationalities but ended up in Italy—enabled the family’s relatively smooth immigration process.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025
When they looked out into the whiteness of the world the wind flung it sharply at their narrowed eyes and foreshortened their view of everything.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
