Darkening

Examples

• The room was darkening to his sight; the world was narrowing around him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Biddy cried; the darkening garden, and the lane, and the stars that were coming out, were blurred in my own sight. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master's heavy brows overshadowed his eyes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• While he stood observing the darkening scene somebody came up. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I trace these lines, self-distrustfully, with the shadows of after-events darkening the very paper I write on; and still I say, what could I do? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• With a darkening face my friend strode along the margin, eagerly observant of every muddy stain upon the mossy surface. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At moments she was a Calvinist, and, sinking into the gulf of religious despair, she saw darkening over her the doom of reprobation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• With a hope ever darkening, and with a heart always growing heavier and heavier, Mr. Lorry passed through this anxious time. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• As the light goes in, the great eyes in the shutters, darkening, seem to close. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• After a darkening hour or so, suddenly the rudder-lines tightened in his hold, and he steered hard towards the Surrey shore. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My darkening the light made her look up. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Pip, Pip, she said one evening, coming to such a check, when we sat apart at a darkening window of the house in Richmond; will you never take warning? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• With a sudden darkening of the eye and austere fixing of the features she demanded, Have you been asked to interfere? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He showed her into a darkening room, and left her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• We went into the drawing-room with her, and sat down by the darkening window. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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