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Example Sentences

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Gonzales wouldn’t greet her first-graders until 7:55, but she stepped out under an inky sky and left in her Toyota Prius at 6 o’clock sharp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

Hamlet-figures dressed in inky black, they are both processing loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

Dressed in all-black, he marks a written confession with an inky fingerprint: "I'm very sorry."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

But if the franchise were to be renewed for a new generation it needs a Ripley equivalent more than an Andy, leaving Spaeny to float into that inky void.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

No part of her body seemed to be moving except her fingers, which clutched her feather tight and low, just above the inky point.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder