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- blackening of the senator's good name disgusted voters
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- blackened the towels with their dirty hands
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- the politician maliciously blackened his opponent's reputation
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- thick smoke from the forest fires blackened the sky for many miles
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- the auditorium blackened suddenly, and a spotlighted performer appeared alone on stage
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“Blackening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackening. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of blackening was circa 1909
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