Sentence examples for was whitewashed from inspiring English sources
verb
To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
- The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.
Boris Johnson urgently needs to explain why this report was whitewashed and by whom.
There was no one else in the tunnel, which was whitewashed and warm, lit by low-wattage bulbs, and branched off into small closets and locked chambers full of brooms and mops and cleaning solutions.
The "historical accuracy" that some people want from Sunday-night costume dramas may demand that Europe was whitewashed, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to follow suit.
It ended, unofficially, at a beach resort in Spain last July, when John made a metaphorical mad dash for the airport after his Sampras- and Andre Agasquadess squad was whitewashed, 5-0.
Clarke is a batsman with a fine record against India — he has passed 100 five times in 18 matches against it, starting with 151 on debut at Bangalore in 2004 and including scores of 329 not out and 210 when India was whitewashed, 4-0, in Australia last year.
The paint was whitewashed before day's end; the Los Angeles art world went on its way, paying little attention to a group of artists whose street performances and other unclassifiable productions were as compelling as practically anything bubbling up out of the urban dereliction of SoHo or other parts of Los Angeles during those years.
Walls were whitewashed, floorboards were planed and polished.
Its interior walls are whitewashed, as if against infection.
Farmhouses were whitewashed; roofs were red tile or occasionally thatch.
"Black British history has been whitewashed," Olusoga reminds us.
Building exteriors generally were whitewashed, with little decoration, while interiors were ornate and comfortable.
