darken
verb (used with object)
to make dark or darker.
am darkening
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present progressiveof darken (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps thou thinkest I am darkening counsel: I do not wish to do so, but write just how things have happened to me in my small way.
From A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England by Eliza Southall
