dusky

Example Sentences

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"The food in Malaysia was really nice and I got to see these monkeys; they're called dusky leaf monkeys. They're so cheeky – they once stole my banana," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Even so, the kaleidoscope of tales and vignettes, and the blurring of the banal with the macabre, produces a dusky, dreamlike atmosphere that envelopes one’s thoughts like a fine mist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

What I was really craving, I realized, was the dusky, spiced intensity of another fall icon: apple butter.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

Armed with shovels and heavy construction equipment, crews quickly collected fire debris from rugged cliffsides, dusky shorelines and sprawling burnt-out neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

In the dusky shadows, Frankie’s eyes were as luminously gold as the constellations of dust motes floating above our heads.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros