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dusky

[duhs-kee] / ˈdʌs ki /


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Natasha Katz provides the ballet’s choreographic episodes with lighting that casts them in a rainbow of dusky hues, some evoking archaic temple architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"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

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

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

Preshow, the view from one’s seat is of being in a massive old opera house with dusky green drapes flanked by rows of orchestra seats.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

The vein in his forehead swelled, his face was dusky red.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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