Fire had blackened the field.
The sky blackened as the storm approached.
Their false accusations failed to blacken my reputation.
a presidency blackened by scandal
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The site was visibly blackened by the degree of rubble thrown up by the strikes.—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 23 June 2025 Broil the bell pepper for 4 to 6 minutes, until the skin starts to blacken.—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 May 2025 Nearly five years after a massive fire burned California’s oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods, blackening groves of famous ancient redwoods and destroying all the campgrounds, the visitor center and other facilities, state parks officials have finalized a plan to rebuild.—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 June 2025 Lightning had struck a single ponderosa pine, blackening its trunk.—Literary Hub, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for blacken
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