dark-hued

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“Sophisticated Lady” extends to 11 minutes, led by Harry Carney’s dark-hued bass clarinet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Looped and processed, the recordings became a dark-hued, hauntingly atmospheric score, to which he added music for a live brass sextet.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

Before Sunday night, there was a feeling that The Weeknd's dark-hued R&B could be an uncomfortable fit for a show that normally requires uplifting, crowd-pleasing anthems like Prince's Purple Rain or Madonna's Like A Prayer.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2021

Friedman says one of his favorite Broadway musicals is Roger and Hammerstein's dark-hued "Carousel," and that he also liked the recent "Spring Awakening," with a rock score by Duncan Shiek.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2017

Calm sea, the mirror of a cloudless sky, Blue mountains, in the purple distance fading, Tall, dark-hued pines, through which faint zephyrs sigh, A garden shading.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir