duskier; duskiest
1
: somewhat dark in color
specifically
: having dark skin
2
: marked by slight or deficient light : shadowy
Examples of dusky in a Sentence
in the dusky depths of the dungeon
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These and other prairie plants provide an ideal habitat for hundreds of pollinators and insect species including bunchgrass skippers and dreamy dusky wing butterflies.
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
One of those late landscapes, Mountain Landscape in Bohemia (ca. 1830), seems at first glance not to feature a single human at all, just puffy clouds, dusky peaks, and endless blades of grass that appear to sway in the wind.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
There’s also a wide color selection, which includes the dusky pink and plum Disco Dust and the pink, cool purple, and dirty red Electric Cherry.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
It was delivered in pale colors, including tones of beige, brown, dusky pinks, light blue and in black and white.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
One of those late landscapes, Mountain Landscape in Bohemia (ca. 1830), seems at first glance not to feature a single human at all, just puffy clouds, dusky peaks, and endless blades of grass that appear to sway in the wind.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
There’s also a wide color selection, which includes the dusky pink and plum Disco Dust and the pink, cool purple, and dirty red Electric Cherry.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
It was delivered in pale colors, including tones of beige, brown, dusky pinks, light blue and in black and white.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for dusky
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“Dusky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dusky. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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