Sentence examples for dark ground from inspiring English sources

On the screen, a clock appeared against a dark ground.

He sits like a pasha on a throne, against a dark ground, all but filling the frame.

In the Cold Dark Ground shows that MacBride is not interested in repeating himself, even though familiar fingerprints are here.

Light areas of the design are painted thickly; gray areas, thinly to allow the dark ground to tone the white pigment.

The style of the floors is usually one of simple outlines and light colours, though in some cases figures and ornaments appear against dark ground.

Some were done primarily in black and white, with white paint twisting in thin lines, like cracks spreading in smashed glass sheets, over the dark ground.

It shows a blessing Madonna underneath a circle of 12 stars on dark blue ground.

Discharge printing, also called Extract Printing, method of applying a design to dyed fabric by printing a colour-destroying agent, such as chlorine or hydrosulfite, to bleach out a white or light pattern on the darker coloured ground.

Once the ice is gone, the darker colored ground and sea will absorb more of the sun's heat and warm the atmosphere more.

My grandfather took refuge in a small, dark, ground-floor bedroom.

There, there is a Sanitation Department garage where giant orange trucks snooze in a dark ground-floor space.