Use darker in a sentence
Sentences ending with darker
- The absence of paint made her cheeks strangely white, the hollows under the eyes darker. [9]
- Was each man, of whatever color, entitled to the fruits of his own labor, or could one man live in idle luxury by the sweat of another's brow, whose skin was darker? [7]
- A sultry wind had swept from the southwest masses of grey clouds, which constantly grew denser and darker. [10]
- He could talk French with Pierre, --a kind of French that sometimes made the undertone of red in the Frenchman's cheeks darker. [11]
- Archibius said that, even in the worst case, it could not render the present state of affairs darker. [10]
- It grew darker. [11]
Short sentences using darker
- Things looked darker than ever. [7]
Sentences containing darker two or more times
- The grey stone walls of the houses grew darker and darker, and seemed to close in on the dumfounded, hysterical crowd. [11]
- In a quarter of an hour at most she would have crossed the desert, and reach the fertile meadow land, whose emerald hue grew darker and darker every moment. [10]
- But there was no pleasure in them, our spirits being so burdened with cares, and the outlook for Joan growing steadily darker and darker all the time. [5]
- But the time hung heavy on her hands, nevertheless, for the siege of Orleans was begun, the clouds lowered darker and darker over France, and still her Voices said wait, and gave her no direct commands. [5]
- Day by day, as the Little Gentleman comes to the table, it seems to me that the shadow of some approaching change falls darker and darker over his countenance. [6]
- It got darker and darker, and it was a beautiful time to give the crowd the slip; but that big husky had me by the wrist --Hines--and a body might as well try to give Goliar the slip. [5]
More example sentences with the word darker in them
- But darker hours were in the order of nature very near at hand. [6]
- In her, I was sure, was personified that courage for which her order will go down eternally through the pages of history, and in my darker moments I pictured her standing beside the guillotine with a smile that haunted me. [9]
- But its essential truthfulness has been illustrated every month or two, since my story has been in the course of publication, by a fresh example from real life, stamped in darker colors than any with which I should have thought of staining my pages. [6]
- These thoughts were too terrible to dwell upon, and again she would have recourse to the street, now trodden by fewer feet, and darker and more silent than before. [12]
- His flesh remained the same, and grew not less; but that of Pierre wasted, and his eye grew darker with suffering. [11]
- In contrast to the light brown of the hair was the very dark brown of the eyes and the still darker brown of the eyelashes. [11]
- It was in the evening like this, but darker, for the pines made great shadows. [11]
- The feathers of the common guinea-fowl offer a good instance of white spots surrounded by darker zones; and wherever the white spots are large and stand near each other, the surrounding dark zones become confluent. [1]
- I went with the American Minister and took dinner this evening with the King's Grand Chamberlain, who is related to the royal family, and although darker than a mulatto, he has an excellent English education and in manners is an accomplished gentleman. [5]
- What wonder, therefore, that ignorant and shallow persons laid the blame on her father of those peculiarities which were freely talked about,--of those darker tendencies which were hinted of in whispers? [6]
- Her drooping head straightened, and the large eyes, larger now and darker, met Venters's with a clear, steadfast gaze in which he read truth. [13]
- The young sage spoke well, and Bent-Anat followed his words, not without approbation; but Pentaur's face grew darker, and before his favorite disciple had ended his speech he interrupted him sternly. [10]
- Golden-yellow puffs and slashes stood forth in beautiful relief against the darker stuff. [10]
- At last I said frankly, I wish you to answer them, because when I get them up here where the color of your principles are a little darker than in Egypt, I intend to trot you down to Jonesboro. [7]
- He could scarcely report from Pelusium an omen of darker presage. [10]
- Generally speaking, he prefers bright tints to darker ones, but his likes and dislikes are capricious, and with regard to some colors his antipathy amounts to positive horror. [6]
- It had come on darker as she sat there. [4]
- But now we never have these walks, and though it is the same house it is darker and much more gloomy than it used to be, indeed! [12]
- Wide stretches of meadow-land reached back from the Parish Church until they were lost in the darker verdure of the hills. [11]
- As David spoke, Kaid's face grew darker, his fingers fumbled vaguely with the linen of the loose white robe he wore. [11]
- Be merciful; look, it groweth darker, moment by moment. [5]
- The sage about him was breast-high to his horse, oversweet with its warm, fragrant breath, gray where it waved to the light, darker where the wind left it still, and beyond the wonderful haze-purple lent by distance. [13]
- Every effort I have made to penetrate it, has only served to render it darker and more obscure; and I am afraid to stir openly in the matter, lest those whom I anxiously pursue, should fly still farther from me. [12]
- But, as it grew darker, the Romans began to perceive that it was not for nothing that they had come hither. [10]
- Thus, ceaselessly revolving from white hope to darker doubt, were her thoughts, until sometimes she feared to be alone with them, and surprised him by her presence in his busiest moments. [9]
- I cannot forget Emily's death-day; it becomes a more fixed, a darker, a more frequently recurring idea in my mind than ever. [14]
- It was growing darker, and, being in unfamiliar surroundings, she hurried on, though she knew well what course to take. [11]
- Here it was darker, and sheltered from the wind. [13]
- It was not darker than mine; she always seemed more French than Indian, and she was thought comely. [11]
- She is not darker than a Spaniard, anyhow. [11]
- Philip's was a darker and more solid colour, and I have never seen man or woman with it and not mistrusted them. [9]
- But not far behind him was a figure that stole along in the darker shadows of the houses, keeping at some distance. [11]
- His eyes had become by turns watchful and suspicious, gloomy and abstracted; and his speech knew the same variations; now bitter and cynical, now sad and distant, and all the time his eyes seemed to grow darker and his face paler. [11]
- I was young at that time, and spent my nights in prayer, but I only wasted away, and my spirit grew darker instead of clearer. [10]
- And they were also commanded that it should also be held by them sacred; those grains or shells of the pale hue to be emblematic of peace, while those of the darker hue would lead to evil and war. [5]
- When she awoke again, broad day was shining through the lofty openings in the walls, and, stealing in slanting rays but midway down, seemed to make the building darker than it had been at night. [12]
- If now and again grief cast a darker shade over Ann, still the star of Hope shone with more comfort for her than for me and Cousin Maud; and it was but seldom that you might mark that she had any sorrow. [10]
- Mr. Ives had a natural aversion to being laughed at, and as he walked back on the darker side of the street he wished heartily that he had stuck to his original Gamaliel-advocacy of no interference, of allowing the Supreme Judge to decide. [9]
- My chestnut hair, a little darker than my father's had been, showed no signs of turning grey, although it was thinning a little at the crown of the forehead, and I wore a small moustache, clipped in a straight line above the mouth. [9]
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