blacken

The herb has been used for more than 1,000 years and has traditionally been associated with "blacken hair and nourish essence."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026

These incidents may temporarily blacken the eyes of the NBA and Major League Baseball but sports gambling is here to stay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

You’re not looking to fully blacken every kernel, just enough scorch to bring out that toasty, nutty edge.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

“It seems to be designed to blacken the name of an actor who has not breached a contract or missed a day’s shooting in a career spanning 20 years,” he said in written arguments.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

If it’s a multiple choice test, I choose both “A” and “B,” although considering the crew, I may just blacken in choice “D” with my number two pencil.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

When the ice blackens it's ability to reflect the sun diminishes and this accelerates the melting of the ice.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024

Nearby, it blackens metal road signs, they said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

In a clearing of Colombia's Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens everything underfoot, seeping into the soil and coating the vegetation.

From Reuters ● Dec. 26, 2022

A plume of smoke rises up above the streetlamps and blackens the sky.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019

Raising a cloud of dirt and debris that blackens the sky.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Ragged strips of aluminium hung from torn-open structures, while stray dogs roamed through blackened pipes and mounds of rubble.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

"People see the blackened vegetation and assume that's the main impact, but the real story is below our feet," said Jones.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Four Marines crouch in the foreground surrounded by the blackened remains of burned trees; in the top two-thirds of the picture the black-and-white smoke of the blast billows upward, beautiful in its destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Supermarket shelves stacked with products blackened from the fire were stacked up beneath a cratered ceiling and behind blown-out windows.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The blackened, burned trees eventually gave way to live ponderosa pines, and then to untouched bearclover and white alder, and at last she and Dodger were back among the monarchs again.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The mood among many Labour MPs is darkening, even blackening.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Algae lying dormant on the ice starts blooming in spring blackening large areas of the ice.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024

The midday gray blackening, then brightening, on account of a remote and veiled disk of sun and moon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024

Hawaiian-style huli huli chicken, barbecued on the grill out front, wanted a bit more blackening, but still: tasty, gently sweet, a little spice.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

One day she took a can of stove blackening and the brush and closed herself in the bedroom where she copiously blackened her left breast with the stove polish.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith