Past tense of tinge
regular verb
The past tense of tinge is tinged. The past participle is also tinged.
Forms of tinge
| Base form (V1) | tinge /tɪnd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tinged /tɪnd͡ʒd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | tinged /tɪnd͡ʒd/ |
| Present participle | tinging /tɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | tinges |
Tinged in a sentence
- When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.From the entry ting
- It can be tinged with tragedy or just inexplicably sad in its ordinariness.2022 November 1, Jake Pitre, “The Eerie Comfort of Liminal Spaces”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry liminal space
- Other-worldliness tinged it all and every little while my spirit seemed to dissociate itself.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry anthroposophy
- Other-worldliness tinged it all and every little while my spirit seemed to disassociate itself.1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 221. From the entry other-worldliness
- They are about as deeply tinged with good-will as are the so-called Protestants taken as a whole.1921 July 21, L.C. Barnes, “Antidotes for Romaphobia”, in The Watchman-Examiner: A National Baptist Paper, volume 9, number 29, page 919. From the entry Romaphobia
Meaning of tinge
- noun A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
- noun The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
- noun A draper's or clothier's markup.
Questions about the past tense of tinge
- What is the past tense of tinge?
- The past tense of tinge is tinged.
- What is the past participle of tinge?
- The past participle of tinge is tinged.
- Is tinge a regular or irregular verb?
- Tinge is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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