mirk
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- mirkily adverb
- mirkiness noun
- mirky adjective
Example Sentences
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He had taken that tree, and that tree, and that rock as markers of the path...but there was no path, only the mirk, and the twilight, and the pale trees.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
And out of the gathering mirk the Nazgûl came with their cold voices crying words of death; and then all hope was quenched.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
His supper for breakfast; For wages his work; And to warm his great hands Just an hour in the mirk.
From Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems by De la Mare, Walter
"The night it is her low lykewake, The morn her burial day, And we maun watch at mirk midnight,55 And hear what she will say."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
"The night is misty and mirk, fair may, And I have ridden astray, And will you be so kind, fair may, As come out and point my way?"
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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