inky

Example Sentences

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Already the night was less inky than before, and the earliest of the early birds had taken to the treetops and were chirping their sunrise songs.

From Literature

The locomotive was a gleaming scarlet, with a forbidding front grille of inky black.

From Literature

As they darted by, the squid released puffs of black ink to hide themselves, and Roz found herself lost in an inky cloud.

From Literature

Elsewhere, a stripe of lemon yellow radiates against an inky background, interrupted by numerous dark patches.

From The Wall Street Journal

A signal flare arcs into the inky sky – and illuminates Chinese soldiers who have spilled out of the boat and amassed on the beach.

From BBC