Example Sentences

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The lighter one, called the penumbra, will not have too much effect but the umbra, the inner and darker shadow, will darken the Moon.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

This year’s solar eclipse will darken the sky as it passes over a swath of Mexico, the United States and Canada.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024

The premier celestial event of the year will be a breathtaking total solar eclipse that will darken the skies for millions of watchers across North America as the moon completely covers the sun.

From National Geographic • Dec. 6, 2023

For now, the new sugar pine is lighter in color than the older boards, but it will darken over time.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2023

The bacillus of "fluency" interpenetrates the Autobiography, the letters, the documents of every kind, and at any moment this disease will darken Bulwer-Lytton's brightest hours.

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund