blacken
Example Sentences
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The road ahead, once hidden in a sheath of forest, is now a scar carved into the side of a landscape of exposed soil and the standing carcasses of tens of thousands of blackened trees.
From Los Angeles Times
True, there is desolation, with cleared lots and blackened trees nearly everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times
These incidents may temporarily blacken the eyes of the NBA and Major League Baseball but sports gambling is here to stay.
The spill blackened popular beaches, killed wildlife and hurt tourism and fishing.
It was her first day back, and she had just walked through a sea of scorched Joshua trees rising from blackened earth, their dagger-like leaves bleached an unhealthy yellow.
From Los Angeles Times
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