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How to use darken in a sentence

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The professor's eyes went to the rest of the class, and the atmosphere seemed to darken slightly.
Yet he will conjure a few bars in the minor where possible and darken textures by shunting to the subdominant.
Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land.
Xylidines are typically yellow liquids that darken when exposed to air and light.
Ultraviolet radiation penetrates the coating and carbonizes the oils in the wood, causing the wood to darken beneath the varnish.
It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate his power of reason.
She crossed her arms under her head and leaned back then, watching the sky darken slowly.
Other fabrics may be bonded to the fashion fabric with fusible web to darken the room even more.
I'm pretty sure the only way to darken the mood at a funeral is to have something more tragic happen during one.
As soon as she stepped into the room Kim felt her mood darken, it was her mum, Kay.
Then he repeatedly applies furniture varnish or stain which he wipes away with turpentine and reapplies to darken the edges of the work.
I was enjoying the quiet of which I got so little, and being bothered by my mentor would only darken my mood.
They were the very last thing he saw before the world seemed to darken around him and spin.
Another spot on the grass which will darken to a malevolent green and then die over-winter, requiring seeding.
In his point of view then sixteen was such serious age and nothing could darken his mood.
His brilliant blue eyes would darken and the expression on his face became intense just before he would kiss her.
The rocky coastline is a near monochrome of pale blues that darken in the rocks and billowing clouds as though illuminated by moonlight.
Geoffrey watched as the clouds began to figuratively darken the marquess ' face.
We'll darken your skin with some herbs we have, and we'll change the cut of your hair.
He regularly visited her grave and the mention of her name always caused a flicker of intense sadness to darken his eyes.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Yet, as I followed its footsteps, I saw its form darken a pin-spot of daylight at the end of a crevice of the cavern.
Strong failed to notice Roger's face darken, and Tom and Astro look at each other meaningfully.
This is a great mystery which people are afraid to look into, and darken it of their own will.
He was always on the look-out for his brother, as soon as the sky began to darken.
By this time the husks will have begun to decompose and darken the kernels.
It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
He saw the thundercloud arise that was to darken the horizon.
The man, whoever he was, did not darken the lighted doorway.
He colored and his eyes seemed to darken as he spoke to the two girls.
The clock ticked through the minutes of a half-hour and the afternoon outside began to thicken and darken turbidly.
And I would warn you, sir, that if you palter with the truth in such little matters you may darken your more important statements with suspicion.
Here, indeed, the complexities of Gijon allow us to understand polarization that would darken decades to follow.
He saw the blighting shadow of Asgill begin to darken the scene.
If this is done, the cauliflower will darken and break into pieces.
The black shadow of the Tombs did not darken this Eden of my youth.
As she spoke I could see her husband's face darken and draw together, as though the passion in him were shriveling his being to its core.
I inherit my father's name, and I do not choose that the shadow of disgrace should darken it.
High over the tree-tops, in a widespread, trailing, noisy crew, there fly, with resounding cries, flocks of birds which seem to darken and overlay the very heavens.
Half the girls do it, either paint or powder, darken their lashes with burnt hair-pins, or take cologne on lumps of sugar or belladonna to make their eyes bright.
As a white cloud here and there affords a pleasing contrast with the azure sky, so in the lagoon, bands of living coral darken the emerald green water.
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