blackish
- a word derived from black.
Example Sentences
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The prosecution had claimed the stains were reddish when the clothes were recovered - but the defence argued that blood would have turned blackish after being immersed in miso for so long.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
Fresh from the interior of a planet, magma usually forms a blackish rock called basalt—not granite, says planetary geoscientist Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
John Romero, a division director with the state Transportation Department, described the material that needs to be removed as blackish muck.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
The L.A. smog was so bad that the ground was kind of blackish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Gradually the heart in Enoch’s hand began to slow and shrink, its color fading to a blackish gray, like meat left too long in the freezer.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
