Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
Two elephants lurk in the darkening room.
Burn: Used for shadows, darkening areas and for stippling.
Down one side of his face the flesh was darkening.
Silver stars shone in the darkening blue sky.
It's generally harmless but can cause permanent skin darkening.
The darkening sky, pouring out the annoying smell, felt the whole world flowing with damp repression.
The air grows colder, the light grows dim, darkening the sky above.
Through day and night with the great cloud darkening the land...
This brought a smile to Fannie's face and swept away the darkening thoughts of boys.
The darkening outlook means that they may soon have to show fiscal courage too.
Across the sun hurried a darkening filter of cloud, the advance guard of a larger and even graver army.
The room was darkening. he turned over towards the light and lay gazing into the glass paper weight.
Measures to avoid color darkening were adopted in all procedures from the treatment of raw materials to product package.
The spanish oaks were hung with patches of wine red, the sumach was brilliant in the darkening underbrush.
The stars and moon in the starry night are unusually bright, their light swirling above the darkening hills.
Moreover, structural reforms to boost growth have been implemented slowly while the forecast for European economies has dimmed, further darkening the outlook for Greece.
There was no ceiling, only a few light tubes hanging from the ceiling with grimaces and blinking eyes, flickering and darkening.
The rocks of the Spy-glass re-echoed it a score of times; the whole troop of marsh-birds rose again, darkening heaven, with a simultaneous whirr;
At that moment came in through the open window a long, wailing sound like the cry of a lost child in the far deeps of the darkening woods!
The members of the Federal Open Market Committee clearly saw a darkening of the economic picture, likely to produce slower growth and lower inflation than they'd previously expected.
But Goldman was so bullish at the end of last year that a pronounced darkening in its outlook is ominous - and there is every reason to believe the bad news isn't over.
They help the menu or window stand out from the background by reinforcing its dimensions. They also block out the noise of the content beneath the window by darkening the area around it with a shadow.
The famous weapons of mass destruction did not exist. His capture, eight months after the fall of Baghdad, was little more than a brief flash of triumph in a remorselessly darkening sea of gloom.
The researchers found that a change in the oxidation state of the element chromium (from chromium 6 to chromium 3) was linked to the darkening of chrome yellow paint.
The silk easy to crease and with low wet abrasion fastness was treated for darkening the colors and anti-crease property with semi-acetal cross-linking agent BHA together with reactive polysiloxanes.
This daytime darkening is valuable for protection against enemies and sunlight,and for many years it was thought to be a simple response by the crab to the sun-just as if we were to get a tan during the day and lose it at night.
