Sentence examples for darkens from inspiring English sources

We sit and talk among the ash, charcoal and fallen trees, as the sky darkens and squadrons of plump flies buzz at our faces.

The International Monetary Fund, long a fierce advocate of budget discipline, has applauded America's actions and is urging other countries to draw up their own fiscal plans in case the global outlook darkens.

ReprintsBut as the drama darkens, the scene may also be shifting.

Whatever the culture, relatively light and flawless skin is seen as a testament to both youth and health: partly because skin permanently darkens after pregnancy; partly because light skin makes it harder to hide illness.

So the shadow of 18th-century wealth still darkens income distributions today.That is the most unexpected finding.

But as the overall mood darkens, Mr Maskhadov, from hiding, has taken a tougher line, claiming to have masterminded the incursion into nearby Ingushetia and promising others.

As the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) worsens, the outlook for Hong Kong's economy darkens.

Turkey would shine more convincingly as a democracy if its army had not thrown out a government dominated by mild Islamists.The scene darkens as one moves west, with the Arabs inhabiting the least democratic patch on God's earth.

Better still, the longer Mr Blair postpones the referendum, the more salt he can rub into the Tories' unhealed Euro-wounds.It is when you look further ahead that the outlook darkens.

If they don't, the picture darkens quickly.

However, in the case of Scantegrity the voter does not use an ordinary pen, but a special one with "ink" that reacts with a pattern of two chemicals printed inside the bubble.One of these chemicals darkens the whole bubble, so that its position (and thus the candidate voted for) can be recorded by a standard optical-reader.