blackens
- present tense form of blacken (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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When the ice blackens it's ability to reflect the sun diminishes and this accelerates the melting of the ice.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024
In a clearing of Colombia's Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens everything underfoot, seeping into the soil and coating the vegetation.
From Reuters • Dec. 26, 2022
A plume of smoke rises up above the streetlamps and blackens the sky.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2019
Partridges, pheasants and quail to roast; pigeons to bring to tenderness slowly with red wine and onions, and quails to split, skewer and grill until their skin blackens and their bones crunch.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2017
Dusk softens the sharp points of trees outside my window; the sky slowly darkens, then blackens around an orb of moon.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
