dusky
Example Sentences
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Natasha Katz provides the ballet’s choreographic episodes with lighting that casts them in a rainbow of dusky hues, some evoking archaic temple architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Three of her dusky, jazz-infused soul songs are in Spotify's Viral Top 50.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
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
It was a wet, dusky world; a world dominated by big trees, big trucks, and big men.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing dusky
Lights Out: Synonyms for "Dark"
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Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 4
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I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
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