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  • adjective having a dark color

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Examples

  • Overhead, a small dusky-colored bird was flying in marvelous daring corkscrews.

    Hoot Hiaasen, Carl 2002

  • Burgoyne nodded, rose, disappeared behind the bar, and returned a moment later with a glass containing the same dusky-colored liquid that was in hish glass.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • Burgoyne nodded, rose, disappeared behind the bar, and returned a moment later with a glass containing the same dusky-colored liquid that was in hish glass.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • Burgoyne nodded, rose, disappeared behind the bar, and returned a moment later with a glass containing the same dusky-colored liquid that was in hish glass.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • Burgoyne nodded, rose, disappeared behind the bar, and returned a moment later with a glass containing the same dusky-colored liquid that was in hish glass.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • Burgoyne nodded, rose, disappeared behind the bar, and returned a moment later with a glass containing the same dusky-colored liquid that was in hish glass.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • He dared to stretch the aching second theme, coaxing the strings to play with thick, dusky-colored intensity.

    NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011

  • He dared to stretch the aching second theme, coaxing the strings to play with thick, dusky-colored intensity.

    NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011

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