inky

Example Sentences

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Thor woke from his nap just when Laurence was finishing the last bath, which was for an inky spaniel named Webster.

From Literature

Nevertheless: “Once more you drown one of your own in the inky depths of democracy,” Cumming intones after Funches poignantly exits.

From Salon

When he discovered black beans, he found them downright exotic—inky, fudgy, definitely not the same old pintos.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This is my witches’ brew,” she said laughing as she stirred the viscous inky liquid inside the bucket.

From Los Angeles Times

Already the night was less inky than before, and the earliest of the early birds had taken to the treetops and were chirping their sunrise songs.

From Literature