Example Sentences

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In recent days, however, he said the snowpack has been darkening at low elevations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

“This seems to reflect rising concerns in regard to the growth outlook, which has been darkening more and faster than the ECB had expected,” Valli wrote.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

Global surveys of censorship, arrests and journalist deaths suggest that the picture has been darkening for years.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

My mind has been darkening steadily since December, a month or so after the baby was born.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2019

In the first place, it is not the family divorce cloud that has been darkening Susie’s soul.

From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)