Sentence examples for Before darkened from inspiring English sources

Back in 1962, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported that "that dread word, 'Splittism,' which has never before darkened a page of the Sino-Soviet polemic, broke through to the surface of the Peking 'People's Daily' in the first open discussion of a possibility of a split".

Regardless of target audience, this is a gripping and emotional story that begins in childlike innocence before darkening into very adult situations indeed.

Finally, Scott said he planned to shoot the films in dazzling brightness to help the 3D process, before darkening the screen in post-production to suit the franchise's sombre tone.

The distant gills are sinuate (notched at their point of attachment to the stipe) to almost free, generally (but not always) yellowish white before darkening to pink and then red.

The related species Spongiforma thailandica, newly described in 2009, differs from S. squarepantsii in several ways: it has larger fruit bodies, 5 10 cm wide by 4 7 cm tall; its gleba is initially pale greyish-orange to brownish-grey before darkening to reddish-brown or dark brown; and it smells of coal tar.

Thus, probably due to the selected photoperiod of 16/8 h light/dark cycle, the 13C peak in CO2 2 h after onset of darkness occurred exactly after half of the time of the unlabeled phase before darkening.

The wavelets in the bay turned over in little strokes, scaling the water silver before it darkened to stone.

That was to come: in the mid-60s the American scene would brighten wonderfully before it darkened again.

Not long before, as the sky darkened, Simmons took ground ball after ground ball.

But the tense days before the war darkened Mr. Al-Dhaher's mood and his art.

The wedding party and most of the guests got to the reception hall before the sky darkened and the downpour hit.