Example Sentences

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By 2014, the relationship with Russia was darkening thanks to the first crisis over Ukraine.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Through the summer, the mood in Ukraine was darkening.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

Georgieva said the outlook for the global economy was darkening given the shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and climate disasters on all continents, and it could well get worse.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2022

The pink-tinged sky was darkening, and the air was warm and humid when my husband, Bruce, and I landed last February in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, the French Caribbean island.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017

Hermione and Mundungus were shooting upward; Ron, Fred, and George were shrinking; their hair was darkening, Hermione’s and Fleur’s appearing to shoot backward into their skulls.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling