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Examples of blacken in a Sentence
Fire had blackened the field.
The sky blackened as the storm approached.
Their false accusations failed to blacken my reputation.
a presidency blackened by scandal
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Two fires broke out within roughly 75 minutes of each other and a little more than a mile apart Wednesday in Borrego Springs, seriously damaging a home, destroying an outbuilding and blackening swaths of brushy terrain before crews could snuff out the flames.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Flames blackened the roof above the service center where the fire burned.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Flames blackened the roof above the service center where the fire burned.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
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“Blacken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacken. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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blacken
verb
black·en
ˈblak-ən 
blackened; blackening
ˈblak-(ə-)niŋ
1
: to make or become dark or black
2
: to hurt the reputation of
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