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
• For years, my phone background has been a picture of paradise: a lush palm tree looms in the foreground, with glistening turquoise waters and dusky purple islands behind it.
  — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024