blackish

Example Sentences

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The prosecution had claimed the stains were reddish when the clothes were recovered - but the defence argued that blood would have turned blackish after being immersed in miso for so long.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

Fresh from the interior of a planet, magma usually forms a blackish rock called basalt—not granite, says planetary geoscientist Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee.

From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023

The L.A. smog was so bad that the ground was kind of blackish.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022

The toilet had a blackish substance on the back of the seat.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2019

A blackish opening would show that the hive was new, and they would have to find another one.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer