How To Use Whitewash In A Sentence

In my own garden I have an old stone wall with remnants of whitewash that reflects the sunlight and heat in summer.
The washout means England are certain at least to avoid a 7-0 whitewash in the series after losing the first four. The Sun
They have innumerable beautiful, barefoot children, live in low-slung, thatched, whitewashed cottages, and their climate is often cool, damp and misty.
This exposes the inquiry as a total whitewash. Times, Sunday Times
Recently renovated, the surfside inn still has its nautical-cool whitewashed facade, and its 36 guest rooms are equipped with patios and views of the Roqueta Channel. 10

As it is sometimes difficult to rear young calves it is a good thing to keep them clean and dry., whitewashing the calf hulls two or three times during the winter.
This is a place to escape to, where you can sleep surrounded by whitewashed stone walls and lush gardens. Times, Sunday Times
The only better run is by West Indies, who won ten successive Tests against England in the course of consecutive series whitewashes in 1984 and 1985-86.
This attempted whitewash is another blow to the relationship between police and public which is essential for the only effective form of policing; “policing by consent.” CO19 - A Few Good Men « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The signing of Tendulkar was described as a whitewash merely to cover racial bias.
In other words, the problem was that the election process was so tainted that it feared its attempts to whitewash the poll would be rapidly exposed.
Cheshire overpowered North Wales 13-5 at Vicars Cross after whitewashing them 6-0 in the foursomes.
Carved wooden paneling faced the whitewashed walls.
The board is carved in the baroque style of ornament, and resembles very closely the black, lettered placards erected in whitewashed country churches.
The only beauties of the place, and those unintentional, were the long lines of hand-planted shade-trees, uglified as far as possible with whitewashed trunks and croppy heads, but still lovable, growing, living things. Animal Heroes
The competition might not prove a total whitewash. Times, Sunday Times
‘It's hugely different to writing to a feature film, where you're basically whitewashing it for the producers,’ he jibes.
I wish to protest against the careless use of the word whitewash which has crept into our latter-day demotic tongue. The Guardian World News
Also very summery are the whitewashed pastel cotton pants, bold cotton stripes and abstract floral prints and pinstripes on denim, cotton satin and viscose stretch fabrics.
A 5-0 series whitewash looks a real possibility. The Sun
We pull up outside a whitewashed house. Times, Sunday Times
Park House does not fit the usual image of a small whitewashed building set in rolling countryside. Times, Sunday Times
William imported the Caen stone with which to finish the windows and corners the whitewash came 200 years later. Early medieval architecture in Britain: examples from the era
The next day, Aunt Polly punishes him for playing hookey by making him whitewash their entire fence.
Many of the buildings are faced with light-hued stone or stucco daubed with whitewash, the doors and window frames of some painted blue-the color for good luck.
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long - handled brush.
What surliest misanthrope would not find this world lovely, were these things done: scoundrels whitewashed; some degree of scavengering upon the gutters; and at a cheap rate, thirdly? Latter-Day Pamphlets
They bought whitewash and mixed it with natural dyes and pigments. Times, Sunday Times
They bought whitewash and mixed it with natural dyes and pigments. Times, Sunday Times
Entering the gallery, one encounters a whitewashed wall covered with croquis sketches of nude female figures.
The official report into the cause of the fire was labeled a whitewash.
Expect whitewashed walls, four-poster beds and hammocks for afternoon snoozing. Times, Sunday Times
Jack's, always near the top of the table, finished the season in third place after a 10-0 whitewash of Tippy's 2.
There are no cars in sight, so one could imagine feeling free to amble about, talk easily, smell the colourful flowers cascading over the whitewashed stone walls, and enjoy a glass of wine at an outdoor street café.
And Iott's and the Wikings 'whitewashed account of their military prowess is beyond absurd. Rich Iott -- a Nazi bit of reenacting work
Walls have been whitewashed, and reclaimed maple wood floors run throughout, providing a sense of continuity. Times, Sunday Times
Not all hope should be lost after your Eagles get whitewashed by the Patriots.
Accommodation is in the main building or whitewashed villas furnished in a contemporary style. Times, Sunday Times
Whitewashed houses back onto a brook lined with poplar and walnut.
As Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch says, ‘Instead of whitewashing the facts, the Pentagon needs to come clean about the army's use of cluster munitions.’
If the basket will be painted, pickled, whitewashed or glazed, do so prior to lining, and let it dry thoroughly.
The scenery had taken a dramatic turn soon after we crossed the Roman causeway, leaving behind the sybaritic hotels, four-handed massages, whitewashed mosques and mud flats of the tourist island.
Frohnmayer attempted to whitewash his hapless record; at least Alexander is more self-critical.
She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn. Times, Sunday Times
The report is a whitewash. The Sun
The residents were directed to whitewash houses, clean backyards and houses, fence wells and clean latrines twice a day, within 24 hours.
A belltower supported a large, unadorned cross of rough whitewashed timber. Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 4.1 of 31.1
The whitewashed walls gave it an air of space and light, despite the lack of windows.
The walls should be whitewashed and all swept down and a few stones of lime slacked in every loose box and spread all over the shippon floor.
Relatives dismissed the report as a whitewash. Times, Sunday Times
The rooms are chic and airy with whitewashed walls. Times, Sunday Times
The official report on the killings has been denounced as a whitewash.
Both the government and opposition are now engaged in attempting to whitewash the military.
Revisionist history and silly displays of pro-feminism posturing, liberal agendas and the whitewashing of historical figures and places has no place in public education.
But when we are busy condemning national chauvinism, religious hatred and war crimes abroad, it is no time to whitewash our own past.
Latin casa, cassa, cassina; the Italian cassina, A small detached house in the fields, often whitewashed and of mean appearance. Travels through France and Italy
Rural dwellers have traditionally lived in whitewashed stone cottages and farmhouses.
Elsewhere in Division Two, the Lothersdale ‘B’ stunned Embassy Ambassadors ‘C’ by whitewashing their hosts.
Four miles to the north-east is the island of Boreray and its atmospheric outliers: the whitewashed tooth-like 564 ft Stac Lee and its more northern neighbour, Stac an Armin.
An exercise in metrics takes you back to portraits of heroes in the whitewashed schoolroom and a language you couldn't yet quite understand.
How dare the new owners cut down those old fruit trees, not whitewash the walls, and put in those ugly blue tiles!
He handed me crisp sheets and led us to a simple whitewashed room with two chairs and an enormous bed.
It's a little bit revisionist for some people in terms of the whitewashing of this historical character.
Instead it whitewashed the interior walls and invited passers-by to write messages on them with felt-tip pens.
Waxed and painted furniture, recycled wood and whitewashed brick conspire to give a homey, relaxed atmosphere, an escape from the city.
The tourists crowded the tables in the sidewalk cafes, the slogans had been whitewashed from the walls, the children were back in school. Letters from Mexico watch out for the wind
He was deeply involved in the attempt to whitewash and cover up the My Lai massacre.
The kitchen beyond is painted blue with red floor tiling and a good range of whitewashed timber units at ground and eye-level.
Chunks of whitewash were missing exposing the grey material underneath.
Wavy textures running the length of whitewashed walls create shadows reminiscent of the sea.
The whitewash walls were in good repair but the roof was mossy and many of the tiles were cracked or askew.
The elements are painted over a ground of thinly whitewashed underdrawing.
With the Test series fast approaching, Fleming will be hoping for similar hands from the rest of his batsmen to prevent yet another whitewash at the hands of Pakistan.
The main building is colonial in feel, with whitewashed walls, green shutters and turrets at all four corners. Times, Sunday Times
Recently a paragraph appeared in the paper columns intimating that the curious object on the hillside was ‘casting its coat,’ as it was in need of a whitewash.
Expect whitewashed walls, four-poster beds and hammocks for afternoon snoozing. Times, Sunday Times
This effort is too sloppy really to merit the term whitewash: the sceptical graffiti are still clearly visible through the transparent white coating. Signs of the Times
Expect whitewashed walls, four-poster beds and hammocks for afternoon snoozing. Times, Sunday Times
The Astros were shutout four times during this period and have been whitewashed a total of five times with Roger on the mound.
Emerging from the whitewashed labyrinth of the Stone Town I found myself looking straight onto a pair of large nineteenth century buildings, both built immediately against the flat blue planisphere of the sea.
Fields covered in snow would swallow up whitewashed farmhouses were it not for their black window frames.
Though made of bronze, "Many Glacier" was constructed originally out of twisted, weathered, "stray, downed pieces of wood," which the artist collects on her Montana ranch and in Hawaii; and the ghostly, whitewashed sculpture—a controlled state of collapse—suggests stone, petrified wood and a scrapheap of bones. Soaring Heights, A Sense of Horses
Loose tiles clinked underfoot and I glimpsed spoiled frescoes which had faded, mildewed or simply disappeared under whitewash.
The decor is simple and modern with whitewashed walls, lots of natural stone and painted wooden floors. Times, Sunday Times
It was only one rectangular room with whitewashed walls and a little gas stove in the middle. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
Accommodation is in the main building or whitewashed villas furnished in a contemporary style. Times, Sunday Times
Months later, in October 2002, the committee's Certain Maritime Incident report produced a whitewash.
The saddlebags had been brought from the stables and rested on a wooden bench near the washstand, already patterned with chips of whitewash flaking from the walls.
In the arena of real sport though, Michael Vaughan and the England boys cruised to a whitewash 3-0 series victory over New Zealand.
From the guarded and secretive streets of the whitewashed barrios, with their flower-strewn interiors, to the shady bodegas where ice cold sherry is served from ancient wooden casks, everything about Seville says romance.
She knocked down partition walls to open up the rooms and whitewashed the walls. Times, Sunday Times
All lifts and whitewashed spiral staircases lead to the rooftop pool, with views of spires and rolling green hills, that crowns the complex of four thermal pools. Times, Sunday Times
Hawkins put up the first "paling" fence that had ever adorned the village; and he did not stop there, but whitewashed it. The Gilded Age, Part 1.
This too me seems to be a lame excuse and the article an attempt to whitewash the failings of the Congress government.
The exterior is whitewashed with blue shutters and little balconies. Times, Sunday Times
The main building is colonial in feel, with whitewashed walls, green shutters and turrets at all four corners. Times, Sunday Times
Raucous, sometimes almost spiritual singing, pushes from cellars, echoing and cannonading off the narrow whitewashed alleys.
Men dig the raw material in the mountains and transport it to their homes where women apply it to the house walls as whitewash.
Graham, Goss and Shelby all defended Snider, with Shelby declaring he is ‘not going to be associated with any whitewash.’
Now the look is modern and slick with whitewashed walls and designer furniture. Times, Sunday Times
All lifts and whitewashed spiral staircases lead to the rooftop pool, with views of spires and rolling green hills, that crowns the complex of four thermal pools. Times, Sunday Times
The two stones by the path were painted yellow; the outhouse was so overmodestly masked with vines and lattice that it was not concealed at all; the last iron dog remaining in Gopher Prairie stood among whitewashed conch-shells upon the lawn. Main Street
I opened my eyes to a net of pale blue moonlight and shadows thrown across whitewashed walls and ceiling decorated with geometric bas-reliefs in cracked and stained plaster.
A random collection of posts held the roof up—one of them a pressure-treated four-by-four, one a turned and lathed column; another was a formerly straight whitewashed post with chipping paint. CHASING the WHITE DOG
It was bare and whitewashed, with a small square aperture glazed with one cracked, dusty pane at its further end.
They pulled off a magnificent triple by whitewashing Leeds Metropolitan University, Menwith Hill and Leeds 3-0.
But she said claims of a whitewash were insulting and said she came under'no pressure or undue influence '. The Sun
It's been whitewashed and dressed up and sugarcoated for so long that now it's just a tacky piece of junk on a souvenir stand, painted in red, white, and blue.
The official report into the cause of the fire was labeled a whitewash.
He was not a patch on the hitherto unsung Michael Kasprowicz, who bowled with fire, bounce and zest during Australia's 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka.
There are two double rooms and three twin rooms, all en suite and set over two floors, with whitewashed walls and crisp cotton linen. Times, Sunday Times
The commission, despite its attempts to whitewash the government, was compelled to admit that slavery existed.
There was an eerie feel as tangible traces of lives were evident on some walls and whitewashed away on others. Times, Sunday Times
In my own garden I have an old stone wall with remnants of whitewash that reflects the sunlight and heat in summer.
But the run bonanza was another giant step for England towards their target of a 4-0 series whitewash. The Sun
The result was a whitewash defeat that had the crowd nodding off. The Sun
Granted, he does whitewash the bad guys to a point where a fine actor like Meat Loaf Aday is left with little to be play but straight evil guy next door.
The advantages of whitewash is that it kills all the molds/germs/when it is applied, but it takes many years of application until it builds up a nice thick hide. House Project Update for 01 February 2003
Also very summery are the whitewashed pastel cotton pants, bold cotton stripes and abstract floral prints and pinstripes on denim, cotton satin and viscose stretch fabrics.
The Kitwe giants whitewashed Chambishi 41-0 in an earlier fixture.
Blackwash" (as opposed to "whitewash") is to uncover or bring out in the light.
Then a pleasant expression whitewashed his features, and he said, "What happened next? Salem Falls
They were accused of a whitewash, and the voters expressed their contempt at the ballot box.
Casts of sports trophies, a toy train, a saw, a football and a cross are some of the items embedded in the work, all of them rendered fossil-like by the lime whitewash.
The ‘review’ is certain to be another whitewash.
The president of Rats campaign group, Paul Dainton, welcomed the reports but said they were something of a whitewash.
She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn. Times, Sunday Times
The worldwide revulsion that followed was such that JDR decided to hire the most talented press agent in the country, Ivy Lee, who got the tough assignment of whitewashing the tycoon's bloodied image.
Down roughcast, down dazzling whitewash, 'wherever an elm arches, John Lundberg: Turning Poetry Into Music
The golden sand shimmered in the heat, and the small whitewashed huts were calm and peaceful.
whitewash walls
The washout means England are certain at least to avoid a 7-0 whitewash in the series after losing the first four. The Sun
I read somewhere: ‘As any inept DIY bodger could tell you, whitewash applied carefully and thinly, will last years.’
“Our snow was not only shaken from whitewash buckets down the sky, it came shawling out of the ground and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands and bodies of the trees; snow grew overnight on the roofs of the houses like a pure and grandfather moss, minutely white-ivied the walls and settled on the postman, opening the gate, like dumb, number thunderstorm of white, torn Christmas cards.” Happy Holidays From the Hoary Hacks at Calbuzz
Almost always, the walls are plastered and whitewashed.
A 5-0 series whitewash looks a real possibility. The Sun
Premiership Rugby has been condemned for keep the findings confidential, prompting claims of a whitewash. Times, Sunday Times
There was an eerie feel as tangible traces of lives were evident on some walls and whitewashed away on others. Times, Sunday Times
Retrospective media coverage has whitewashed King while ignoring how his messages are radical challenges to the status quo of today.
The trail arched gently around a broad bay towards Krios headland, the corner of Crete, and a tiny chapel whose whitewashed walls gleamed like a beacon.
The signing of Tendulkar was described as a whitewash merely to cover racial bias.
Its pretty cobbled streets and bright whitewashed buildings covered in pink flowers had taken my breath away. The Sun
The beds are made from polyethylene, nylon and steel, and are available in whitewash (shown) or java with a leatherette pad. The Operetta Pet Lounge by Kenneth Cobonpue
South Africa avoided a series whitewash with a 65-run win over Australia in the rain affected final limited overs cricket international at Newlands here yesterday.
Where the whitewash had peeled away, long streaks of dark wood slashed the walls like welts.
Roland Garros has not seen a player so dominant in a women's final since Steffi Graf's whitewash of Natalia Zvereva in 1988.
He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation.
Vines trailing overhead and pot plants against the whitewashed walls add a Mediterranean feel.
The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions.
Then a pleasant expression whitewashed his features, and he said, “What happened next?” Salem Falls
Court crossed the whitewash after a series of pick and drives. Times, Sunday Times
They go over the interior surface of the walls, breaking off projections and filling up the interstices with small stones, and then they smoothly plaster the walls and the inside of the hatchway with mud, and sometimes whitewash them with a gypsiferous clay found in the neighborhood. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
Open ditches line the streets of the neighborhood and run past overgrown lots and broken-down houses as well as freshly whitewashed cottages and one or two brand new trailers.
Zimbabwe won the third one-day international in succession against Bangladesh yesterday for a 3-0 whitewash in the series.
It was only one rectangular room with whitewashed walls and a little gas stove in the middle. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
miles of whitewashed fences
The trail arched gently around a broad bay towards Krios headland, the corner of Crete, and a tiny chapel whose whitewashed walls gleamed like a beacon.
The high ceiling and the upper walls were plastered and whitewashed, a brilliant white in the illumination from skylights.
Public health chiefs have blamed flu for the unexpected death of thousands of elderly people over the past year, prompting claims of a whitewash. Times, Sunday Times
But there was a growing backlash from supporters of the BBC who claimed Lord Hutton's report had been a whitewash.
The obituary was the usual nostalgic whitewash.
Copper saucepan lids, ancient colanders and battered tubas hang from the whitewashed walls and ceiling.
In Italy, minding a friend's house, we managed to flood it, and spent much of our stay whitewashing walls which looked as if they'd been stained with nicotine.
In the other fixture S&R Vikings put in a tremendous effort to whitewash Neata Glass Scorpions, taking the honours with 9 -.
Out at Hillside the stones that demarcate the territory of an old-fashioned house are new and snowily whitewashed. Pipefuls
The official report into the cause of the fire was labeled a whitewash.
Robert Dunne and Jonathan Carney were given €25 each for whitewashing an outside wall and painting a corridor.
The picture varies dramatically from one region to another, between the sunshine coasts and hilly inland villages, and from whitewashed town to whitewashed town. Times, Sunday Times
This is a place to escape to, where you can sleep surrounded by whitewashed stone walls and lush gardens. Times, Sunday Times
Even within the 3 - whitewash in Australia, there were glimpses after Perth that this Pakistan is not as ready to roll over as previous sides.
This record allowed New Zealand to win the Tri-Nations, retain the Bledisloe Cup, whitewash the British and Irish Lions, and gain their ‘Grand Slam’.
She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn. Times, Sunday Times
The official report on the killings has been denounced as a whitewash.
My window looked out on to a quiet lane, flanked by wooden balconies jutting out from the whitewashed houses. Times, Sunday Times
Ronnie O'Sullivan admitted he had not scaled the heights against Alan McManus despite claiming a 6 - whitewash.
They are whitewashed, and frescoed with vivid dadoes. Janey Canuck in the West
Such truths, terrible frightful truths, cannot be whitewashed.
Although not pure art deco, its houses incorporated many of the elements of the style and large whitewashed villas now grace the south side.
Only 72 hours after pouring six goals on Ecuador, Argentina was whitewashed by a stubborn Mexican defense, despite dominating play.
From the roof terrace of his three-storey whitewashed house, Ian Gibson watches golden eagles swooping lazily above.
Paper is pasted in place of missing panes; gaps in the railings are made good with split bamboo; an empty box keeps the boltless gate shut; old stains vaguely show through new whitewash on the walls. The Fugitive
The whitewashed walls were splashed with their blood. Times, Sunday Times
Now, people also take care that they don't damage inscriptions, mainly during temple renovations and while whitewashing the temple walls.
We pull up outside a whitewashed house. Times, Sunday Times
The decor is pastel blue and whitewashed. Times, Sunday Times
The walls were whitewashed, sporting a band of azure as trim, and the floors were carpeted with a matching blue color.
The shadows from the candlelight darted back and forth across the shallow whitewashed dome.Sentencedict
On whitewashed walls hang some of his most iconic works as well as art influenced by him. The Sun
A: Many old wood barns and other buildings were whitewashed years ago, but whitewash is seldom used today because there are better, more convenient alternatives. No getting around it: Going from wallpaper to paint on drywall is a chore
Online forums have been deluged with complaints by expats denouncing the trial as a whitewash. Times, Sunday Times
The traveler may call it stupid and ugly, if he calls it at all; our Hermitage still patiently wears its havelock of weather-beaten shingles, for _it_ knows that beneath its lowly roof -- radiant with whitewash and fresh paper -- are cozy, coolly curtained rooms, where friendly books look down from the wall, and drowsy arm-chairs woo from the corners. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Those who brand the Butler report a whitewash are talking nonsense to further their own political ends.
Its pretty cobbled streets and bright whitewashed buildings covered in pink flowers had taken my breath away. The Sun
The main building is colonial in feel, with whitewashed walls, green shutters and turrets at all four corners. Times, Sunday Times
It is as though all traces of eroticism have been whitewashed out of the movie's principal heterosexual union.
The picture varies dramatically from one region to another, between the sunshine coasts and hilly inland villages, and from whitewashed town to whitewashed town. Times, Sunday Times
It all just felt whitewashed to death, like something primmed for display in Times Square. The Kite Runner (2007): D+
When England, cock-a-hoop after their success in the 2005 Ashes, went to Australia for the rematch and were ritually humiliated to the tune of a whitewash, the response of the England and Wales Cricket Board was to commission the Schofield Report, the essence of which recommended root-and-branch restructuring of the way England approached touring, preparation, selection, fitness, the lot. India's board counts the cost of complacency as status dwindles | Mike Selvey
She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn. Times, Sunday Times
This is a place to escape to, where you can sleep surrounded by whitewashed stone walls and lush gardens. Times, Sunday Times

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