dusky
Example Sentences
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"The food in Malaysia was really nice and I got to see these monkeys; they're called dusky leaf monkeys. They're so cheeky – they once stole my banana," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 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
She looked up at the sky; dusky clouds shifted above, shielding, then revealing, then shielding the stars again.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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