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/dˈɑːklɪŋ/
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ADJECTIVE
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uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
a darkling glance
secret operatives and darkling conspiracies -
(poetic) occurring in the dark or night
a darkling journey
How To Use darkling In A Sentence
- BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A group of kids who possess supernatural abilities during the midnight hour fight off the sinister darklings. REVIEW: Midnighters #1 - The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
- Then clipt and clung about his breast enveiled in darkling room. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Standing recently upon the heathery crest of Hartcliff Hill we looked due west, where the Woodhead Road climbs Bord Hill, where the darkling moortops were suddenly illuminated. Country diary: Langsett
- Then clipt and clung about his breast enveiled in darkling room. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- I guess the mention of collapsed time (12: 00 AM for the Midnighters, the other 24 hours for the darklings) is supposed to explain it, but I would have like a more concrete explanation. REVIEW: Midnighters #1 - The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
- And died in darkling air no more to be for ever shown.’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- We had, after all, assembled at the Winnock Hotel, on the darkling winter banks of Loch Lomond, for an evening of ‘murder-mystery entertainment’.
- But all great glories had their interlunar period; and in due time her grandfather would once more flash full-orbed upon a darkling world. Crucial Instances
- The bad news is that this is also the time when their hometown of Bixby, Oklahoma is populated by dark, sinister, shape-shifting creatures called the darklings. REVIEW: Midnighters #1 - The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
- He gazes with glorious cheer upon the wretched middle class, and as our train rolls away we see him still gazing across the darkling cellars of the station with that untroubled gleam of condescension, his eyes seeming (as we look back at them) as large and white and unspeculative as billiard balls. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned