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Recent Examples of inkyThink inky cola-esque bottles; floral, blush rosé vermuts; or even cinnamon-and-licorice-tinged vermut negro.—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025 The Chinese mill’s Soft Raw collection enables customer to use unwashed denim directly off the roll with a soft comfortable hand and deep dark inky indigo shades.—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025 Soft waves cascaded through her inky hair color courtesy of artist Paul Nebres.—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025 With their inky-black shadows and deathly pale skin, characters like Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice) and Nancy Downs (The Craft) were feared for having a macabre vibe, which led them to find camaraderie among ghosts in their attic or within the high school coven.—Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025 Rendy Jones Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin is filled with indelible images, many of them surrounding the inky black pool of water into which Scarlett Johansson’s unnamed character lures her victims.—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 Azoulay updated Compton, a maximalist swirl of florals, with a midnight black backdrop, while Pierce & Ward scaled down the same pattern and punctuated its inky lines with a soft oatmeal ground to create Compton Parvum.—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025 Idle outside on a warm summer evening and let the inky blackness envelope you.—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025 Huddled on their boat alongside his brother Roderigo as Mami’s galley approached, the inky blackness of the sea illuminated by the ghostly light of the waning moon through the salty air, Cervantes must have felt that uncertainty that marks the death of agency.—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Ryan argues that Cooper’s decision to operate the camera himself (with Matthew Libatique serving as DP) leads to some directorial self-indulgence that makes for a frustrating, muddled experience that could’ve used more editorial discipline.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
The muddled sound, uncharacteristic for this venue, didn’t help matters.
The movie begins in the 1950s with Springsteen’s mother, Adele (Gabby Hoffman), driving a young Bruce (Matthew Anthony Pellicano) up to a dingy bar and asking him to go inside.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Game Room Goals Unlike the dingy basements of yesteryear, today's rec rooms blend retro charm with modern polish, making a stylish case for analog games and good old-fashioned face time.
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Catherine Hong,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
The Philadelphia 76ers' immediate and medium-term future looked murky coming into this season.
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Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Still, Kenya’s longer-term political outlook just got a lot murkier, as the scramble to win over Odinga’s supporters will intensify in the months ahead.
In this Fire sign, the messenger planet not only turns up the volume in communication but is also notorious for having unfiltered opinions, not to mention its brutally honest observations.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
The result is an unfiltered and often chilling investigation that expands the boundaries of the paranormal genre.
As her body began to shiver and her mind grew hazy, extraction efforts only became more difficult.
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Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
At the new Bay View taproom, the brewery will serve small runs as well as Solemn Oath Brewery staples, such as its popular Lü Kölsch, Snaggletooth Bandana IPA, Small Wave City Club hazy IPA and Kidnapped by Vikings IPA.
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