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Dusky is an English word with synonyms like twilight or dark. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dusky meaning

  1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
  2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
  3. Dark-skinned.

Synonyms of Dusky

twilight twilit dark dark-skinned swart swarthy brunet brunette

Using Dusky

  • The main meaning on this page is: Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening). | Having a shade of color that is rather dark. | Dark-skinned.
  • Useful related words include: twilight, twilit, dark, dark-skinned.
  • In the example corpus, dusky often appears in combinations such as: dusky dolphins, the dusky, dusky pink.

Context around Dusky

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 14 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Dusky

  • In this selection, "dusky" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, turles, pink, hunting, dolphins, ming and complexion stand out and add context to how "dusky" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a subtle dusky pink and also by dusky ming in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dusky" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dusky

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Lundholm also races Adsum, Dusky Damsel and Sipharderson in the big race on Sunday. (14 words)

Aggressive measures have been and are being taken to improve Dusky Canada Goose numbers. (14 words)

Monica’s despondency is shared by several others for development, to them, has been a dusky mirage. (17 words)

Blanch the podded broad beans for about two minutes, drain (keeping the water for later) and, if you can face it, pop the green interiors out of their dusky shells for a sweeter pesto. (34 words)

But sometimes, I dream that I’m sitting in a dusky room at a kitchen table across from another version of me, who sits, unbound by time, quietly drinking a cup of tea. (33 words)

Specifically, we added a bioenergetics module to the model developed by Srinivasan, Grant, Swannack, and Rajan (), which was created to explore the evolution of antipredator behavior in dusky dolphins in the Kaikoura Canyon. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Hu Tao's "Hilitune" is not only sung by her on her voicelines and while she is idle, but also by Dusky Ming in Wangshu.

It arguably even foreshadows the introduction of Goku Black, an evil alternate universe Goku whose darker color scheme resembles Turles' dusky complexion.

Along with aquatic species, some terrestrial species were detected such as possums, swamp wallabies, grey-headed flying fox, aquatic birds like cormorants, wood ducks and dusky moorhens.

Coming in at £25, it can be bought in a number of colours including Black, Burgundy Berry Red, Coral Pink, Dusky Blue, Naural Oatmeal and Neutral.

In May 2023, the scientists reported in the study, there were two sightings of orcas hunting dusky dolphins.

In Gir, we set off well before daylight — here the colours were a dusky biscuit and beige.

In one spectacular image, a lioness and her cub can be seen meandering through the dusty plains in the dusky evening light.

Lundholm also races Adsum, Dusky Damsel and Sipharderson in the big race on Sunday.

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The Taliabu grasshopper warbler, also conspicuous for its vocalisations, has fine dusky speckling which increases toward its breast and lower throat.

But sometimes, I dream that I’m sitting in a dusky room at a kitchen table across from another version of me, who sits, unbound by time, quietly drinking a cup of tea.

Chocolatiers have also spent 13 years crafting a ruby chocolate truffle, made from the naturally occurring pink cocoa bean which turns the chocolate a subtle dusky pink.

Hussain is striking as a kohl-eyed lower-caste dusky woman pitted against a fair, beautiful queen (Singh).

I was sure that we didn’t want dusky but go two shades darker because the woman, who is the inspiration for Latika, is someone I closely know.

I was thrilled recently to get some seed of ‘Chedglow’ from in Co Wexford, Ireland; it has deep, dusky purple leaves and lilac flowers.

Monica’s despondency is shared by several others for development, to them, has been a dusky mirage.

Specifically, we added a bioenergetics module to the model developed by Srinivasan, Grant, Swannack, and Rajan (), which was created to explore the evolution of antipredator behavior in dusky dolphins in the Kaikoura Canyon.

Aggressive measures have been and are being taken to improve Dusky Canada Goose numbers.

Blanch the podded broad beans for about two minutes, drain (keeping the water for later) and, if you can face it, pop the green interiors out of their dusky shells for a sweeter pesto.

Smokey, who is now blind in his left eye, was shot in the same vicinity as Dusky.

The dusky beauty stated that she was advised to get a boob job or do beauty pageants to make it big in the industry.

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Common combinations with dusky

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dusky" in a sentence?
An example: "Hu Tao's "Hilitune" is not only sung by her on her voicelines and while she is idle, but also by Dusky Ming in Wangshu." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dusky" from authentic English texts.
What does "dusky" mean?
Dusky means: Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
What are synonyms of "dusky"?
Common synonyms of "dusky" include: twilight, twilit, dark, dark-skinned, swart, swarthy, brunet, brunette.
How many example sentences with "dusky" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dusky", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.