blacken
verb (used with object)
to make black; darken.
are blackening
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present progressiveof blacken.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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“But some people are blackening the Party’s name.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
One honest man for ninety-nine thieves, that are blackening the name of Russia….
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
Deep in the dear dust, Dear, we dream, Our melancholy is a thing At last our own; and none esteem How our black lips are blackening.
From Silverpoints by John Gray
The clouds are blackening, the storms threatening, And ever the forest maketh a moan: Billows are breaking, the damsel's heart acting, Thus by herself she singeth alone, Weeping right plenteously.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb
The clouds are blackening, the storms threatening, 29.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Mary Lamb
