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Recent Examples of darkly
Netflix also has a pair of strong four-hour adaptations in the harrowing Lord of the Flies and the darkly comic political tragedy of Death by Lightning.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Alex Lehmann directed the darkly comedic rom-com, starring Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 June 2026
This extends to the series as well, which, refreshingly, forgoes the usual guns and gore for a more wholesome, cerebral, and darkly comedic take on the genre.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Its darkly comic opening chapters describe how the members of the Baltimore Gun Club find their ballistic talents surplus to requirements at the conclusion of the American Civil War (a conflict still ongoing as Verne wrote).
—Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026
Featuring a who’s-who of late-‘90s comedy talent and providing the meet-cute for Apatow and his future wife Leslie Mann, Stiller’s film threw everything at the wall to create a bold and darkly comic thriller that defied expectations.
—Simon Bland, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
In fact, New Yorkers will darkly recall 2004, the Year of the Bloody Sock, when the Yankees were up three games to none against the Red Sox.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026
In a darkly symbolic moment, he was lapped by his own teammate around Lap 54.
—Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 7 June 2026
Filmed for roughly $750,000, the darkly funny horror film has made almost $150 million to date, a jaw-dropping return on investment for Focus Features and Blumhouse Productions.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Alex Lehmann directed the darkly comedic rom-com, starring Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 June 2026
This extends to the series as well, which, refreshingly, forgoes the usual guns and gore for a more wholesome, cerebral, and darkly comedic take on the genre.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Its darkly comic opening chapters describe how the members of the Baltimore Gun Club find their ballistic talents surplus to requirements at the conclusion of the American Civil War (a conflict still ongoing as Verne wrote).
—Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026
Featuring a who’s-who of late-‘90s comedy talent and providing the meet-cute for Apatow and his future wife Leslie Mann, Stiller’s film threw everything at the wall to create a bold and darkly comic thriller that defied expectations.
—Simon Bland, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
In fact, New Yorkers will darkly recall 2004, the Year of the Bloody Sock, when the Yankees were up three games to none against the Red Sox.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026
In a darkly symbolic moment, he was lapped by his own teammate around Lap 54.
—Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 7 June 2026
Filmed for roughly $750,000, the darkly funny horror film has made almost $150 million to date, a jaw-dropping return on investment for Focus Features and Blumhouse Productions.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkly
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What at first appears to be a run-of-the-mill trauma drama about a family dealing with the eldest child’s anorexia nervosa gradually evolves into something odder and more original, even blackly comic, in Ungrateful Beings.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Saadawi’s unabashedly political, blackly funny contemporary take on the mythos (superb translated by Jonathan Wright, who captures the wry humor and brooding, ominous rhythms of Saadawi’s dark tale) is, however, a true standout in a very crowded field.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2024
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Nantz somberly delivered the emotional news while taking several breaks to compose himself.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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The season's penultimate scene finds Carl at his favorite haunt, sipping his morning coffee while somberly staring at his tiny Tom Ruffage diorama figure.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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Museums abhor windows, so the building has all the approachability of a medieval keep, as gloomily defensive as the park is welcoming.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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In Time Regained, the concluding volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, an older version of the narrator gloomily decides to attend a gathering at the Guermantes’ mansion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Vietnam War and Watergate had spawned a paralyzing sense of national distrust, and New Hollywood had reflected that reality beautifully but pessimistically.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2026
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For example, professors Morana Koludrovic and Franceska Delija at the University of Split in Croatia also make the point, more pessimistically, however, that the young can no longer learn from the old, not with all the changes in technology and media.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Take, for example, Keanu Reeves, who was memeified after a photo of the actor sullenly eating a sandwich went viral.—
Ben Pettis,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Like a fisherman left empty-handed after a heavy pull at her line, the woman sullenly took Sam’s picture.—
Nora DeLigter,
Curbed,
6 Mar. 2026
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But for now, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer remains at a dismally low 13%, according to the American Cancer Society.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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The assets performed dismally in March but rebounded in April.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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Three of the four arrived soberly dressed, one of them, Hodgkin, in a black suit, folded his arms and stared glumly ahead.—
Robin Muir,
Vogue,
12 June 2026
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People can be seen running along the top of the bus and sitting on the front bumper as the driver stares glumly ahead from inside windows tagged with graffiti.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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The event was halted after an hour due to fears about her safety, which distressingly encapsulates a tension that the trans Mayan artist has navigated for years.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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The basic themes of Hearst’s life and the novels that dramatize it remain distressingly relevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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“Darkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkly. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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