ebon

How to use ebon in a sentence

• Still no sign of Nellie, though he purposely made a noisy rattle with his ebon walking-stick.

  The Regent | E. Arnold Bennett

• Winding trails of light webbed the crater's walls, and at places ebon cavities jeweled among the light.

  The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. Delany

• The black woman stood laden and smiling like some ebon effigy typifying plenty and good cheer.

  The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins

• They have clear ebon skins, not coal black, but of an inky hue.

  Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa | Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson

• I rushed to the door and beheld him standing, gazing with wild eyes at the ebon tablet held straight out in front of him.

  Prince Zaleski | M.P. Shiel