Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Such daylight as followed was dim; for here as the Mountain drew near the air was ever mirky, while out from the Dark Tower there crept the veils of Shadow that Sauron wove about himself.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Ho! what is this that rolleth on, this misty, mirky ball?
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
Then came Upon her spirit sadness, as if blame Unuttered breathed through those remembered glades And touched the odors moist ’mong mirky shades.
From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Collier, Ada Langworthy
Thick flies their spear-storm: 'tis as when the Strymon cranes give forth Their war-sign on the mirky rack, and down the heavens they run Sonorous, fleeing southern breeze with clamour following on.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
After that, the bog lay mirky and silent, with no record of the dead man that lay in its grip.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines
