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How to pronounce darkening in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blackening
Type of change of color
Has types obfuscation
Derivation darken
Type Words


the darkening sky.

Examples of darkening

darkening
The darkening waters between them churn with panic and glints of piscine silver.
From the heraldtribune.com
News of the windfall came amid fresh signs that the public's mood was darkening.
From the dailyherald.com
My son's patrol less cleverly tried to cook burgers in ever-darkening conditions.
From the stltoday.com
Don't bother darkening the doorway until midnight, when women start pouring in.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The flowers are green on the exterior, opening cream and darkening as they age.
From the guardian.co.uk
The darkening outlook means that they may soon have to show fiscal courage too.
From the economist.com
The reduced metal can be observed as a visible darkening of the phosphor layer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Kallasvuo has been hanging on even as the horizon has been darkening for Nokia.
From the guardian.co.uk
When we darken the lives of women, we are darkening our own families and country.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"
  • Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
  • (darkened) (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; "the darkened margins of the paper"
  • (darkening) blackening: changing to a darker color
  • Darken is a webcomic set in a Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy world, featuring a cast of morally ambiguous or outright evil characters led by Gort, a vicious dark knight. It is based on a story by Mike Foulks.
  • (Darkening (ophthalmology)) Amaurosis (Greek meaning darkening, dark, or obscure) is vision loss or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the eye. It may result from either a medical condition or from excess acceleration, as in flight. ...
  • (Darkening) When book covers are exposed to light, the colour darkens or becomes more intense. See also Fading.
  • Changes the effect of the foreground and background color properties of a sprite to create dramatic color effects that generally darken and tint a sprite. Darken ink makes the background color equivalent to a color filter through which the sprite is viewed on the Stage. ...