dark-hued
Example Sentences
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“Sophisticated Lady” extends to 11 minutes, led by Harry Carney’s dark-hued bass clarinet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Looped and processed, the recordings became a dark-hued, hauntingly atmospheric score, to which he added music for a live brass sextet.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
Before Sunday night, there was a feeling that The Weeknd's dark-hued R&B could be an uncomfortable fit for a show that normally requires uplifting, crowd-pleasing anthems like Prince's Purple Rain or Madonna's Like A Prayer.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2021
The ensemble backdrop is crystalline, misty sighs, while the solo cello line expands into melancholy arias without words; sometimes the tone is passionate, dark-hued nocturne, sometimes ethereal lullaby.
From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2021
The music of the vault scene forms a pointed commentary on the implications of the action and dialogue—in character it is dark-hued, forbidding, sinister.
From Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score by Gilman, Lawrence
