- comparative of dark.
darker
Example Sentences
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Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I'm really hoping that he plays Samra, which is a song about loving a girl with a little bit of a darker skin tone," says the 25-year-old.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
But it is here, in these darker and less yielding works, that his imagination is most fully itself: less certain and considerably more interesting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
His covert operation to sneak within the city walls was a betrayal of bedrock beliefs about honor and civility, a shameful act that brought humanity into a darker age.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Inside, a much larger, darker Cog sits in a cutout.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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