Sentence examples for darkens like from inspiring English sources

There the hedged Air darkens like a fast-reducing broth, Simmering the shapes of things.

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.

And Clare Higgins as Jocasta, whose relationship with Oedipus is overtly sexual, has a great moment when she realises the terrible truth and her face darkens like a city suddenly deprived of illumination.

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

The houselights flash and then darken like the lights of a subway car.

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".

But then, somewhere betwixt the Scylla of Columbus And Wheeling's wild Charybdis, The clouds did darken like Poseidon's brow, And Aeolus' bag of winds did burst apart.

The drawback is that, since the Girl is mute, Myers must do all her thinking and feeling for her, delivering the narrative in waves of attritional, Authorised Version cadences that darken like accumulating thunderclouds.

Lucky Dog, Upstairs Royal Court, London SW1, until 12 June The sweet-faced Linda Bassett has the most animated eyes - shining with hope and warmth yet responsive to whatever blows life throws at her, at which point they darken like storm clouds that cannot be kept at bay.