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Definition of Darkens
1. darken [v] - See also: darken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Darkens
Literary usage of Darkens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"... High in the heavens, eternal God, Thy goodness in full glory shines ; Thy
truth shall break through every cloud That veils and darkens Thy designs. ..."
2. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1807)
"Whilst all beneath him, as he flies, « Dire are the tossings, deep die cries, '•'•
The landscape darkens and the season dies—" &c. &c. ..."
3. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"The power of temptation'; it darkens the mind. The several ways whereby it doth so.
I. By fixing the imaginations. 2. By entangling the affections. 3. ..."
4. The Glory and the Shame of England by Charles Edwards Lester (1845)
"The day has come when, I trust, the veil which obscures and darkens the ancient
glories of our native land is about to be removed ! (Cheers. ..."
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