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
The clouds are blackening, the storms threatening, 29.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Mary Lamb
One honest man for ninety-nine thieves, that are blackening the name of Russia….
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
"Remember you are blackening a boy's character by what you say."
From The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils by Frank V. Webster
Sir Thomas More.—More in mine than in yours, because I command a wider horizon: but I see also the storms which are blackening, and may close over the sky.
From Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society by Henry Morley
