dusky

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Three of her dusky, jazz-infused soul songs are in Spotify's Viral Top 50.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Even so, the kaleidoscope of tales and vignettes, and the blurring of the banal with the macabre, produces a dusky, dreamlike atmosphere that envelopes one’s thoughts like a fine mist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

What I was really craving, I realized, was the dusky, spiced intensity of another fall icon: apple butter.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

Armed with shovels and heavy construction equipment, crews quickly collected fire debris from rugged cliffsides, dusky shorelines and sprawling burnt-out neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

He thought of home, though he could not drive on the dark, sea his ring-prowed ship; for the sea-air rolled, dusky with wind, and the waves were locked in ice.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner