How to Use dusky in a Sentence

dusky

adjective
  • Even the smells change, from the crisp air of the fields to a dense, dusky scent.
    Michael J. Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
  • The young man came into the room and held her cool, dusky hand.
    Jeremy Topin, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
  • His lips, hands and feet had a dusky hue from this lack of well-​oxygenated blood.
    New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The man had dusky-red circular patches on the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet.
    NBC News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The best of the line came from dusky red tandoori chicken on the bone with peppers, onions and warm naan.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2021
  • Females are a far more subdued dusky brown color and about a third of the size of males.
    Liz Langley, National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2016
  • Females are a far more subdued dusky brown color and about a third of the size of males.
    Liz Langley, National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2016
  • The button-up comes in a range of pretty, dusky colors.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 30 July 2020
  • The role of gravy was played by a dusky curry sweetened with onions and carrots.
    Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Their last trailer had been on the earthy side, with burlap curtains and a dusky ceiling.
    Sarah Medford, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The waters are so calm we’re guided for a spell by dusky dolphins.
    Craig Welch, National Geographic, 7 July 2020
  • Most of its body is a dusky blue-gray coloring and covered in white spots.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The handles come in a variety of colors, from dusky blue to sage green.
    Bon Appétit, 3 June 2022
  • These dusky blue birds once roamed the West in huge flocks, with hundreds alighting on piñon pines to glean nuts in the winter months.
    Sara Van Note, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Large fish—goldblotch, dogtooth and dusky groupers—swam past.
    Tony Perrottet, WSJ, 27 May 2022
  • The upholstery is a dusky velour with a warm brownness that appears pure black in dim light.
    Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The final wine certainly looks like a white wine, but there’s a subtly rosy, dusky tint to it.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Messy — a fork isn’t a bad idea — but filling, with a slightly dusky chili that’s mild on the heat level but plays well off the sharpness of the slaw.
    Robert Philpot, star-telegram.com, 31 May 2017
  • With every flick of movement, the skin peeking out from underneath the black of his sweater glimmers in the dusky light of the dance floor.
    Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Painted by John White Alexander in Paris in 1895, it is drenched in a mood of dusky indolence.
    Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • One by one, stars appear, then the luminous river and dusky lagoons of the Milky Way.
    Alan Hirshfeld, WSJ, 18 June 2020
  • Leave it to one of the famously dark, dusky corners of New Orleans to produce a bright spot in the pandemic.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Shades of this versatile color can run the gamut from dusky, pastel tones to golden, glowy hues.
    Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2024
  • At a thousand feet, the world was still dusky blue, a perpetual magic hour.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
  • The most notable difference is that a dusky’s nose is rounder and blunter while a sandbar’s is sharper and more pointed.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
  • Aerin has smart moss or dusky blue-hued velvet trays and picture frames trimmed with brass that would be chic accessories.
    Kim Cook, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2023
  • With dusky-brown tops and creamy white bottoms, the animals slide across riverbeds in search of fish and invertebrates.
    New York Times, 18 May 2022
  • Leaving work to a dusky sky is a bummer; a pre-dinner stroll cut short by darkness can really be the pits.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Try color-blocking large swaths by painting walls a dusky mauve and the ceiling a rich pink tone, for example.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Before the fruity cherry notes hit the palate, you are confronted with intriguing, dusky bitterness, the kind of taste that drives the best amaros.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018

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