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Inky black water surrounds him as a blinding light focuses on his body, making his pale skin glow like a marble statue.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

Inky silhouettes in a red-orange void, they look like Boschian imps, but these are ordinary men in a hell of human making.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Life was about get interesting for Amber, 31; Mousse, 37; Axil, 29; Buster, 28; Connor, 29; December, 29; Denise, 30; Inky, 29; Tequila, 29, and Mocha, 31.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2022

Some cephalopods can break free from their tanks, such as an octopus named Inky that crawled out of a New Zealand aquarium in 2016 and followed a drainpipe to the Pacific Ocean.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2019

I slapped the out of order sign on the neighboring Galaga cabinet and looked at the start-up screen, which was listing off the game’s villainous ghosts: Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline