Example Sentences

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It was one of those dramatic Los Angeles afternoons when the sky had darkened early and rain felt inevitable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A survey from the Conference Board, a research group, suggested that consumer sentiment improved this month, countering evidence from another major poll that showed the mood had darkened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Videos shared by Chinese official media showed transmission towers and power lines igniting and debris swirling in the air, against a backdrop of a giant funnel that had darkened the midafternoon sky.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

Early on in the Emergency, ravens had darkened the skies and eaten all the songbirds.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2022

He knew now why the Archmage had feared to send him forth, and what had darkened and clouded even the mage’s foreseeing of his future.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin