Sentence examples for were darkened from inspiring English sources
verb
To make dark or darker by reducing light.
These years, too, were darkened by private grief as well as public anxiety.
During World War II, the market hall's windows were darkened with black paint and commerce closed.
They were darkened further after the society's building was expanded in the late 1930s, leaving them in the interior.
Cephus's childhood and adolescence were darkened by the deaths of the uncle and grandfather who raised him.
David was a sociable and popular man throughout his career, though his last years were darkened by private anxieties.
Thereafter, Jahāngīr's declining years were darkened by a breach between Nūr Jahān and Prince Khurram, who rebelled openly between 1622 and 1625.
The skies were darkening.
"The colors were darkening now, night was coming down".
The match had begun in sunlight, but now the skies were darkening.
Crescents of sweat were darkening the underarms of the girl's shirt.
The midnight sun is darkened.
