darkish

Example Sentences

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The then 19-year-old said his video call to the woman had been picked up by "a shirtless man with darkish hair".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“So it ended up being a darkish hue to the water — and that was completely on us. We ended up fixing it by flushing all the pipes and removing those wells from service.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

The festival’s work tends shortish in length, intimate in size, and darkish, ambiguous and poetic in mood.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2020

It’s a dark wool jacket with matching pants and a darkish Japanese denim vest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2019

This palm trunk lay parallel to the beach, so that when Ralph sat he faced the island but to the boys was a darkish figure against the shimmer of the lagoon.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding