grow dark
Example Sentences
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In the 1800s, the sky would routinely grow dark when large numbers of the now-extinct passenger pigeon passed through this popular roosting area in northwestern, Pennsylvania.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 20, 2023
It began to grow dark, and suddenly realizing the situation she got up hurriedly and went about closing windows and doors.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
What tells some skin cells to grow dark hair and others lighter hair?
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
In the evening, as it began to grow dark outside, lights on the porches came on.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018
Sometimes the king joined them, and I saw Hamlet’s father grow dark with disapproval at their lightness.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
