Darkens
[dɑ:kənz]
Examples
- The mystery which darkens Sir Percival's life was not born with your daughter's birth, and has not died with your daughter's death. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It matters little why or wherefore I am affected, no power can avert the stroke, and the shadow of Fate's uplifted hand already darkens me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Faster than ever river ran towards the sea, it flashes, darkens, and rolls away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When the plate has been in the developer for a few seconds, the silver coating gradually darkens, and slowly but surely the image printed by the sun's rays appears. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Well, I must go in now; and you too: it darkens. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Interposed between her and the fading light of day in the now quiet street, his shadow falls upon her, and he darkens all before her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Rae