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Meanings of
duskiness
in English
Spanish
morenez
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A swarthy complexion.
darkness
swarthiness
Spanish
morenez
Catalan
penombra
Spanish
oscuridad
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The state of being poorly illuminated.
dimness
Catalan
penombra
Synonyms
Examples for "
darkness
"
darkness
swarthiness
Examples for "
darkness
"
1
The man rolled them back; another vista lost itself in the
darkness
.
2
He went out in the garden in the
darkness
of the night.
3
I am in the lowest place, in the
darkness
and the deep.
4
The anguish in her soul almost resented the break in the
darkness
.
5
The precipice grew in the
darkness
;
the vertical rock had no ending.
1
Would we know them by their
swarthiness
,
the hatred in their eyes?
2
In the one case the
swarthiness
would be inheritable, in the other not.
3
His body seemed leaner, because of the
swarthiness
of the skin.
4
This was a clear
swarthiness
a translucent
swarthiness
clear as the most delicate white.
5
The captain spoke with a foreign accent, and his complexion was dark to
swarthiness
.
Usage of
duskiness
in English
1
But all the ways of the owl are ways of softness and
duskiness
.
2
One ghastly vision flashed and faded and flashed upon the background of the
duskiness
.
3
Her complexion had not altogether lost the
duskiness
which came from her outdoor life.
4
His
duskiness
was accentuated by low and intensely black brows, and deep-set, heavy-lidded eyes.
5
It made only a hole of shine in the general
duskiness
of the big dining-room.
6
The girl went first: her white head-kerchief guided Petrea through the
duskiness
of the wood.
7
She had eyes of the Creole
duskiness
,
a delicate olive skin, with a pastel coloring.
8
The young man dared now to look at her- achildof the sun despite her
duskiness
.
9
Scooting up on one elbow, Nikki looked down at him in the
duskiness
of the bedroom.
10
The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the
duskiness
like a photograph in the developer tray.
11
Her beautiful white shoulders showed up the
duskiness
of her hair; her head was distinguished and arrestive.
12
As the eye became accustomed to the foetid
duskiness
of the prison, a strange picture presented itself.
13
She clapped her hands for joy, and beckoning him to haste, disappeared among the
duskiness
of the trees.
14
Handsome with the feminine
duskiness
of a cinematic villain, though I'd find out he was just from Kansas.
15
While through the open windows, the departing twilight mingled its soft
duskiness
with the splendors of the mimic day.
16
She clapped her hands for joy, and beckoning him to make haste, disappeared among the
duskiness
of the trees.
Other examples for "duskiness"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
duskiness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
blue duskiness
creole duskiness
dot the duskiness
feminine duskiness
foetid duskiness
More collocations
Translations for
duskiness
Spanish
morenez
oscuridad
penumbra
Catalan
penombra
obscuritat
foscor
Duskiness
through the time