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DARKENED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become or made dark by lack of light
Example:
the darkened theater
Classified under:
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time
Example:
the darkened margins of the paper
Classified under:
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb darken
Context examples:
She hesitated, and a surge of anger darkened his face.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
It was red and hot, and now and again it was a little darkened—as it were, the embers of a bonfire smouldering.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I had soon dressed, as well as I was able, in clothes of my own size: had soon passed through the house, where Bradshaw stared and drew back at seeing Mr. Hyde at such an hour and in such a strange array; and ten minutes later, Dr. Jekyll had returned to his own shape and was sitting down, with a darkened brow, to make a feint of breakfasting.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dark features on Mars previously considered evidence for subsurface flowing of water are interpreted by new research as granular flows, where grains of sand and dust slip downhill to make dark streaks, rather than the ground being darkened by seeping water.
(Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?, NASA)
I turned back, and perceived a vast opaque body between me and the sun moving forwards towards the island: it seemed to be about two miles high, and hid the sun six or seven minutes; but I did not observe the air to be much colder, or the sky more darkened, than if I had stood under the shade of a mountain.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
His face flushed and darkened.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic voice sounding in her ears, learned to see the beauty and the sweetness of Beth's nature, to feel how deep and tender a place she filled in all hearts, and to acknowledge the worth of Beth's unselfish ambition to live for others, and make home happy by that exercise of those simple virtues which all may possess, and which all should love and value more than talent, wealth, or beauty.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
In their very last conversation, Miss Crawford, in spite of some amiable sensations, and much personal kindness, had still been Miss Crawford; still shewn a mind led astray and bewildered, and without any suspicion of being so; darkened, yet fancying itself light.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
As night drew on, the clouds darkened and the wind freshened, so that when Maud and I ate supper it was with our mittens on and with me still steering and eating morsels between puffs.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the Môle, a peaked mountain to the east of the lake.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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