blacken
verb (used with object)
to make black; darken.
was blackening
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past progressiveof blacken.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In a beautiful green glazed pot, which sat on a wood-fired comal, Thalia was blackening a few chiles costeños.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
His cheeks were very white, and something like a scowl was blackening his heavy, insipid face.
From The Yellow Crayon by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Presently we came to a lonely moor where the night was blackening the sunset gleam in the bog pools.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
"I should have thought you'd have preferred postage-stamps," she said, gazing out of the window at a kiln that was blackening all the sky.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
Anxiously Braun looked through the keyhole and was reassured when he saw Christophe lying half over the table surrounded with paper which he was blackening with ink.
From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Gilbert Cannan
