Usage examples for darkling
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Here, secluded from vexed shores, the prince and princess of the island meet: here like darkling nightingales they sit, and into eyes and ears and hands pour endless ever- fresh treasures of their souls. – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
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But Sibyl found a shaky voice, after an interval of gulping, though she was unable to lift her eyes, and the darkling lids continued to veil them. – The Turmoil A Novel by Booth Tarkington
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Who will wonder at the shade Of sorrow darkling on his troubled brow, As he reflects on what may not be now? – The Song of the Exile--A Canadian Epic by Wilfred S. Skeats