darken
Example Sentences
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The year airships like boxkites began to darken the skies, though they hadn’t found our patch of sky yet.
From Literature
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They walked all morning without stopping for food or water: crossing boggy valleys choked with chattering aspen; climbing hills darkened by ever-wakeful pines.
From Literature
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We crossed the lobby and entered the darkened theater.
From Literature
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Treasury market en masse given the darkening U.S. fiscal outlook, Gimbel replied: “I think one thing to keep in mind is that currently markets don’t have a better, great option than U.S. Treasury debt.”
From MarketWatch
The sky starts to darken as we head toward our house.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.