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Recent Examples of tenebrous What tenebrous horror is this, emerging from the ineffable darkness? Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022 By the same token, Spanish cinema at large has been reluctant to engage with that tenebrous period. Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021 As in the 1610 version, Susanna is seated on a balustrade, but this time there is a tenebrous sky, rather than a clear blue one. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020 Natalie Erika James' assured first feature demonstrates bracing command of atmospherics, from its tenebrous visuals and labyrinthine production design to its nerve-jangling use of music and a thick soundscape stew of bumps, creaks, thuds and groans. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenebrous
Adjective
  • The show’s recently released second and, sadly, final season raises the stakes of his misadventures, taking darker turns but abandoning neither the absurd humor nor the glimpses of beauty that add dimensions to Amer’s quintessentially American, Palestinian-refugee story.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025
  • But on Monday, just two days after the agency's website went dark and amid days of speculation about its future, the USAID headquarters in Washington had been shut down and employees had been instructed not to return to work, according to reports from the BBC, The Associated Press and Reuters.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But details around the torrenting were murky until yesterday, when Meta's unredacted emails were made public for the first time.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Future missions could visit the basin and take rock samples to help scientists better understand the murky origins and history of the moon.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The big picture: New data shows bleak economic conditions in Europe, especially relative to the U.S. The eurozone economy did not grow at all in the final months of 2024.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
  • New national test scores show a bleak picture of American education in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • After running a somber ad in the 2024 Super Bowl aimed at fighting hate and bigotry, the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism tapped Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady in a spot that had the celebrities squaring off against one another, ticking off reasons why people don’t like one another.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
  • But as their friendship blossoms and becomes complicated by Dennis’s attraction to Roman, the story transforms, too, revealing one twist after another, each more somber yet strangely delightful than the previous.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But for people who are older and severely lonely, having an appointment to see their doctor might be their only social interaction that day.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • In a recent Harvard University study, every fifth American reported feeling lonely, and that number is even higher among young adults and seniors.
    John Hewko, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Carotenoids may offer some protection against depressive symptoms, but the study's authors caution that a causal relationship (when one variable causes the other to change) was not established.
    Jennifer Lefton, MS, RD/N, CNSC, FAND, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Screening for depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts should be part of routine care for people with headaches.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Although Mars is known for being a dry and desolate desert, its landscape hasn’t always been so hostile.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
  • At first glance, the entire landscape looked grim and desolate.
    M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Green made do with a slightly depressing cafeteria lunch—a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a shiny red apple—and some chitchat about the weather.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Beyond that, the shadow of Teresa’s legal woes hung over the season, making for a depressing watch.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Tenebrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenebrous. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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