- comparative of dark.
darker
Example Sentences
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Missing your daughter’s youth while behind bars is a crushing weight, but knowing she’ll never see her father again is a far darker reality.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"It will be darker and it will feel a little eerie but we're not going to have the sky go completely dark," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, the past few weeks have produced a darker sort of Move 37.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
"Not a single blow is random," he explains as a trio of craftsmen land expert strikes that create the darker more complex tones so prized by jazz drummers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Where Lily has Dad’s buttercream skin and Gram’s green eyes, I’ve got Mom’s much darker complexion and curtains of inky hair.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
