tenebrous
Example Sentences
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By the same token, Spanish cinema at large has been reluctant to engage with that tenebrous period.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2021
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 • Mar. 29, 2019
As I played, it made me think of all the aquariums I’ve visited, places of mystery and tenebrous beauty more alien than anything sprung from a filmmaker’s imagination.
From Time • Aug. 2, 2016
The first of a number of films made with Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey, it not only introduces us to the smiling assassin, but also alerts us to a somewhat tenebrous sense of humour.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2015
She cannot persuade Felicia to take off her nightgown, to allow light in the tenebrous house.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing tenebrous
Heart of Darkness
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