Darkling
adverb
Happening in darkness, dimly or with low light.
The beach is quiet, and the sea laps at the shore darkling.
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Formal
Poetic
adjective
Dark, shadowy or gloomy.
She found herself alone in the darkling woods.
Usage tips
Formal
Poetic
adverb
Happening in darkness, dimly or with low light.
The beach is quiet, and the sea laps at the shore darkling.
Usage tips
Formal
Poetic
adjective
Dark, shadowy or gloomy.
She found herself alone in the darkling woods.
Usage tips
Formal
Poetic
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Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Ambience
Best suited for creative or literary works that aim to evoke a moody atmosphere.
Amidst the ruins, we walked darkling under the somber sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Mystery Sensation
Use 'darkling' to suggest an air of mystery or the unknown in a setting.
The candles flickered, casting darkling shadows across the room.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Evoke a vivid image of a place where details are obscured by low light or darkness.
He could see the path only darkling as clouds covered the moon.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Ambience
Best suited for creative or literary works that aim to evoke a moody atmosphere.
Amidst the ruins, we walked darkling under the somber sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Mystery Sensation
Use 'darkling' to suggest an air of mystery or the unknown in a setting.
The candles flickered, casting darkling shadows across the room.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Evoke a vivid image of a place where details are obscured by low light or darkness.
He could see the path only darkling as clouds covered the moon.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Ambience
Best suited for creative or literary works that aim to evoke a moody atmosphere.
Amidst the ruins, we walked darkling under the somber sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Mystery Sensation
Use 'darkling' to suggest an air of mystery or the unknown in a setting.
The candles flickered, casting darkling shadows across the room.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Evoke a vivid image of a place where details are obscured by low light or darkness.
He could see the path only darkling as clouds covered the moon.
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
not a kind of insane surgeon if this is in fact darkling beetle just it really looks like one what do you think it could be a weevil a type of a weevil maybe none of those patterns on the back of very interesting either way I don't know what it is it's one of the two may be a weevil no I said thought darling be
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The colossal consequences...
some thought the apocalypse had begun. A mood captured in Lord Byron's poem "I had a dream which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars did wander darkling in the eternal space, rayless, and pathless,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
not a kind of insane surgeon if this is in fact darkling beetle just it really looks like one what do you think it could be a weevil a type of a weevil maybe none of those patterns on the back of very interesting either way I don't know what it is it's one of the two may be a weevil no I said thought darling be
Video examples
The colossal consequences...
some thought the apocalypse had begun. A mood captured in Lord Byron's poem "I had a dream which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars did wander darkling in the eternal space, rayless, and pathless,
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