Example Sentences

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Reduce the heat to low if the spices are darkening in color too quickly.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Abroad, though, interest rates and inflation risks have shot up, fuel is being conserved, and economic forecasts are darkening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Prospects for investors and the economy are darkening.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Combined, they are darkening the outlook for the economy.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Over us the skies are darkening with the portents of the same doom.

From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman