darkish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkish
Adjective
  • Look for bronze or dark spots on the foliage or prominent purple veins.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
  • Michigan is home to six dark sky state parks, three international dark sky parks and an international dark sky sanctuary.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Anton and his second wife adopted Jean sometime during the Depression, but the details are murky.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • While the Celtics have made a couple of small additions, the future is still a bit murky.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • An Indianapolis woman woke up to find her apartment filled with heavy black smoke, according to a July 12 news release from the Indianapolis Fire Department.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2025
  • Tempest’s description evokes a dreamlike horror, laced with black humor: Men were still stuck in the mud all over the battlefield, imploring help to lift them out : half crazy with the sense of their own impotence, and the enemy shelling. . . .
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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“Darkish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkish. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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