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Meanings of dusky figures in English

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Usage of dusky figures in English
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Once he saw dusky figures, but they took no notice of him.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
2
Henry saw the dusky figures giving way and he shouted, still unconsciously,-On
The Border Watch: A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand
3
One of the dusky figures on the benches was probably his.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896
4
Now Dick really saw dusky figures leaping about between him and the train.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
5
Around a glittering fire he dimly discerned dusky figures dancing.
Condensed Novels
6
The darkness was diluted by the red glow of fires and astir with dusky figures.
The Emigrant Trail
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Through it I could see the dusky figures of four men running up the stairs.
The Helmet of Navarre
8
They had a dull light; just enough to let us see dusky figures moving about.
Chateau and Country Life in France
9
Five dusky figures lay in a row near him.
The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad
10
The dusky figures were half hidden behind the smoke of the fire, which rose between them.
The Heart of Unaga
11
The next instant the Malay boat, filled with writhing dusky figures, went down beneath the waters.
Cord and Creese
12
The sentinels, whose dusky figures they were yet able to see, moved sleepily up and down.
The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
13
Henry looked under the edge of the hanging mat and saw two dusky figures near the window.
The Scouts of the Valley
14
The wheel fires of the Seminoles flared among the live oaks, silhouetting dusky figures and palmetto wigwams.
Diane of the Green Van
15
Jumping up he saw the gate open, and dusky figures gliding into the yard with stealthy swiftness.
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
16
In another minute we had no choice at all, as several dusky figures loomed up before us.
At the Point of the Sword
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