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How to use darkening in a sentence

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I lay in his arms afterwards, the room darkening slowly as the afternoon died away.
The only cinematic cue to promote tension is the following shot of a darkening sky as storm clouds roll in.
The red and gray sky above the rooftops is darkening and the inhabitants are hastening home for dinner.
There was a darkening mackerel sky and the voices climbed into it and filled it, horizon to horizon.
The frequent mention of the darkening of the colour of the great whites suggests that maderization was normal and, indeed, desired.
It is reported for paintings that the areas in which megilp was used, suffered softness, darkening and a cloudy appearance.
As I tucked into this steaming Bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, I swear I heard the seals give a loud bark of disapproval.
Overhead in the darkening sky, the gathering thunderclouds rumbled a warning.
We sat in silence until the sun had set and stars began to appear in the gradually darkening sky.
The twisting limbs of oak trees are silhouetted against a darkening sky as a nearly full moon rises in the east.
Flat, gray clouds filled the darkening sky above her as the town prepared for yet another rainfall.
The darkening sky cast the dead stone landscape into nightmare shadows like an unquiet cemetery.
I simply do not have confidence in him to navigate the waters ahead skilfully enough to avoid or survive the darkening clouds on the horizon.
She vaguely points downwards, as if alerting the darkening world to imminent nightfall.
These include the dahlias and impatiens as well as roses, cyclamen, nicotiana, geum and the darkening petals of Sedum spectabile.
This afternoon, many people in the office turned to look at the darkening grey skies and the rain spitting on the windows.
I thrive on this time of year and do not at all mind the darkening of the days.
There was a darkening of the lighting, about two inches wide and one high, right above the centered name on the display frame.
The evening sun was hidden behind the darkening clouds, and no electric lights shone from the windows of the surrounding houses.
Outside, it is a typical monsoon morning sky alternating between brilliant sunburst and darkening clouds.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The ink-bags of the belemnite also are sometimes preserved, and we see how it could balk a pursuer by darkening the waters.
This darkening of crepe rubber may be attributed to a slow process of oxidation, which continues until the rubber is dry.
More and more she loved these umber wastes, over which cloud-shadows drifted like the darkening ripple of the wind on the sea.
A sudden darkening shadow startled the captain of the Sabah, and he pointed toward the mountains.
Over all, hung his own self as the wings of a roc darkening the countryside.
Night was falling, and at any moment Jan Chinn might whistle up his dreaded steed from the darkening scrub.
The cap is of a dull yellow color, olivaceous, darkening with age to a brownish tinge.
And with arms still raised in suppliance for his great unselfish soul, he sprang out backward to the darkening sea.
He forecast complicated tragedies, and saw mallam darkening his life wherever he turned.
The train was rumbling slowly along, the night darkening down.
And, indeed, as he spoke, the first few flakes, foreseen by the man of chestnuts, began to drift across the darkening windowpane.
At noon an almost total darkening of the heavens occurred at crema.
La Boulaye toyed a moment with his pen, a frown darkening his brow.
As it was now darkening we hurried to the meson of the village.
Didst thou think it was but the darkening of thy bursting eyes the difficulty of thy cumbered breathing?
Round upon all these darkening objects as the night drew on, the Marquis looked, with the air of one who was coming near home.
Such penumbral eclipses often go unnoticed because the darkening is so slight.
Ten are darkening the table legs with permanganate of potash.
Simply the darkening of preparations of silver, by the actinic rays.
I cannot find it in me to open the graveclothes and confront again the darkening cheesy flesh that sired me.
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