Sentence examples for darkened like from inspiring English sources

As it simmered on the stove, it darkened like wet leather.

Enev also has a strong lyrical streak, which the poet Kassabova renders beautifully: "Suddenly her face shrivelled up and darkened like burning paper".

Your vision of reality becomes darkened, like a drop of ink that discolors the water.

In order for Saldana to look like Simone, her skin was darkened (arguably, like Blackface) and a prosthetic was attached to broaden her nose.

As the solstice approaches, my mood darkens like the collar of a red button-down.

When his mood darkens like thunder over his grace-and-favour manor in the Chilterns, he will curse like a fishwife and strike like an adder.

Some firms even offer dreamy amenities such as state-of-the-art nap pods, darkened, Zen-like snooze rooms, and ostrich-feather pillows.

We're all guilty of the typical, bordeaux-burgundy red -- try a different darkened hue, like navy blue.

Our culture is already sadly darkened by the likes of Lance Armstrong, A-Rod and other cheaters in sports whose exposed flaws have disillusioned many kids who needed to adore them and believe in their integrity.

Over the past three years, as the auto industry's fortunes darkened, big banks like Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase helped the automakers sell more than $56 billion of new debt securities, according to Dealogic.

They darkened the land like storm clouds, huge ominous flocks swooping in to devastate the fields.