blacken

Example Sentences

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A new scientific review suggests that Polygonum multiflorum, a root used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than a thousand years to "blacken hair and nourish essence," could be a promising alternative for managing AGA.

From Science Daily

Every time I do, I think of Jo charging into that doomed kitchen with “perfect faith in her own powers” and emerging with blackened bread and lumpy blancmange.

From The Wall Street Journal

The mood among many Labour MPs is darkening, even blackening.

From BBC

They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.

From Literature

And beyond that, just this blackened disaster zone.

From Literature