tenebrous

Example Sentences

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Antonaci’s tenebrous cinematography forces you to keep an eye on what lurks in the shadows that darken almost every scene, and it’s a thrill.

From New York Times

This play, like many of Axis’s productions, mostly serves as a pretext for David Zeffren’s tenebrous lighting and Paul Carbonara’s ominous sound design.

From New York Times

The shadowing is more tightly contained in Hsin-Hsi Chen’s intricate paper sculptures, whose multi-planar surfaces are covered with tenebrous graphite, charcoal, ink and paint.

From Washington Post

The music is a slow, tenebrous waltz by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, “Valse Triste.”

From The New Yorker

The smoky, tenebrous images of soot-stained washing lines capture places and people about to slip into the past.

From Economist