How to Use blacken in a Sentence

blacken

verb

• Fire had blackened the field.
• The sky blackened as the storm approached.
• Their false accusations failed to blacken my reputation.
• The top edge of the wall that once held it up was jagged and blackened.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The door was damaged and the stairs were left blackened.
  — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• The husk will blacken, but don’t worry–that’s part of the process.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
• The spices form a charred crust when seared in a hot skillet or on the grill, hence the name blackened.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• The leaves all browned and dropped off and the tips of branches have blackened and shriveled.
  — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
• The sky blackened, winds raced and heavy rain began to fall.
  — Helene Stapinski, New York Times, 31 May 2018
• Other times, his hands were tinged by the flames of the pits, and his clothes blackened with ash and soot.
  — Gabriel H. Sanchez, New York Times, 11 June 2024
• Flames blackened the roof above the service center where the fire burned.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
• Their blondish gray hair was blackened and matted from all the soot and ash.
  — Author: Robin Abcarian, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Oct. 2017
• Soldiers sorted through the corpses strewn around the grounds—many of them burned and blackened.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• In the meantime, toast the chile verde over a low flame until the skin is blackened, but the chile is not cooked through.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• After the whole thing is blackened and softened, remove the skin and use the meat in your recipes.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 28 Mar. 2019
• His toes were blackened and swollen and his hands also were swollen.
  — Trace Christenson, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2017
• Grill the corn in their husks until the husks start to blacken, about 3 minutes per side.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2019
• Just peel back the husk and allow to blacken for a minute or two, then enjoy hot from the grill.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
• By the time the sun rose, a building that could be seen for miles around was a blackened, smoking shell.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2018
• The fire destroyed more than 100 homes and has blackened an area about the size of the city of Los Angeles.
  — Fox News, 10 Aug. 2018
• The ground where the vehicle was had been blackened by the fire, and scorched items lay scattered.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• The way their skin blackened and blistered and melted off their bones.
  — vanityfair.com, 16 July 2017
• The novice method works just as well: Just set the vegetable on top of the burning wood and turn to evenly blacken.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2019
• The smoke from the prescribed burns would blacken the ground and cause concern about the town’s appearance.
  — AZCentral.com, 23 June 2022
• After the fire, the hills were blackened with the skeletons of bushes and willows.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
• Her right eye was blackened, and her tongue was between her lips.
  — NBC News, 17 Apr. 2018
• The outer walls of the building were blackened, and debris littered the street.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 22 June 2023
• Heavy smoke and flames completely blackened the inside of the home, Lanier said.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 7 Jan. 2018
• On the hospital’s main 10-story building, windows, and doors were blown out and walls were blackened.
  — Hanna Arhirova and Illia Novikov, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
• On the hospital’s main 10-story building, windows and doors were blown out and walls were blackened, the AP reports.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024