dusky
Example Sentences
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Even so, the kaleidoscope of tales and vignettes, and the blurring of the banal with the macabre, produces a dusky, dreamlike atmosphere that envelopes one’s thoughts like a fine mist.
What I was really craving, I realized, was the dusky, spiced intensity of another fall icon: apple butter.
From Salon
Armed with shovels and heavy construction equipment, crews quickly collected fire debris from rugged cliffsides, dusky shorelines and sprawling burnt-out neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times
Preshow, the view from one’s seat is of being in a massive old opera house with dusky green drapes flanked by rows of orchestra seats.
From Los Angeles Times
A stunning "blood moon" was created as the Moon moved into Earth's shadow, gradually darkening before turning a dusky red.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
