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Meanings of dusky in English

Naturally having skin of a dark color.

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Lighted by or as if by twilight.

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Examples for "swarthy"
Examples for "swarthy"
1
You must have noticed him among the company: a swarthy sneering fellow.
The lord of the rings
2
Behind the swarthy Mountain the sun had gone down in waveless gold.
Summer
3
Still, in a general way, it was very swarthy and wrinkled-quiteape-like.
The Paternoster Ruby
4
Brewster looked the swarthy gentleman over with unconcealed disgust in his eyes.
Brewster's Millions
5
A look of intelligence shot across the swarthy features of the chief.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
1
Demetrios reflected for a while, rather sadly; then his swart face cleared.
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship
2
The swart man was the proprietor of a moving-picture-theater in Market Street.
The maltese falcon
3
The black jades of swart night trot foggy rings 'Bout heaven's brow.
David Elginbrod
4
The priest was a thin, swart, intense young man with a bang.
Main Street
5
His swart face reddened, and the fine lines of his handsome mouth hardened.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
1
Presumably we can expect the same here among Ireland's new dark-skinned population.
The Irish Times
2
The stringy, yet short, dark-skinned Mawikizi returned the salute with a smile.
The Cole Protocol
3
First, there are dark-skinned Africans like those of Uganda and the Congo.
People of Africa
4
In a short time we saw his dark-skinned face close to us.
In the Eastern Seas
5
But it was the attentive dark-skinned carver, in particular, that galled him.
The Mammoth Hunters
Usage of dusky in English
1
The air was dusky; the cold, in spite of the fire, intolerable.
A Mountain Woman
2
Wider the door swung and several dusky faces appeared in the opening.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
3
He scowled threateningly as he eyed the dusky figure in the doorway.
The Heart of Unaga
4
But in the gloom his dusky hue was only the more accentuated.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
5
Look at that great honey-colored moon that hangs in the dusky air.
The picture of Dorian Gray (First printing version)
6
Good ones, if you didn't mind being called full of dusky good-nature.
Bag of Bones
7
Through the window he saw the dusky forms gathering about the door.
An Original Belle
8
Look at that great, honey-coloured moon that hangs in the dusky air.
The picture of Dorian Gray
9
They must have fought in the shade of their own dusky deeds.
Excursions
10
These dusky spots are easily recognised in good photographs of the moon.
The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical F...
11
On all sides the college buildings gloomed in dusky whiteness of architecture.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
12
The room was so dusky that Walpurga looked around in superstitious fear.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
13
The hot blood under dusky skin held its own in her cheeks.
A Texas Ranger
14
A great engine shrouded with greasy canvas lay in the dusky room.
The Forbidden Trail
15
She opened the church, and we went inside the dusky ancient place.
A Russian Journal
16
It was evening; dusky shadows merged all objects into a common drab.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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