Tamannaah

I was born on the fairer side, but I've always been fascinated by dusky and dark tones. So, when the makers of my films asked me to go a few shades darker, I didn't think twice. I am not doing anything extraordinary, but I want to break cinematic notions about outwardly appearances.

Indian Actress

Sabine Baring-Gould

In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.

English Clergyman

John Berger

In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas's dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck.

English Artist

Radhika Apte

Industry is not only driven by talent; it depends upon so many factors. If you need to be successful in this field, one should know how to convert everything into a plus point. If you have a dusky face, make that your plus point.

Rita Moreno

Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky maiden you have ever seen in your life in movies.

Puerto Rican Actress

John le Carre

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.

English Writer

Amy Jackson

Back in England, a girl with thick black hair, dusky skin and big brown eyes will turn heads. It is vice versa in India.

British Model

Bipasha Basu

I know I look good. The regular adjectives that come my way - sexy, hot, dusky, bong bombshell... I love them.

Sam Trammell

There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy.

American Actor

Use 'dusky' to describe a place with low light that creates a cozy or intimate feeling.

Visual Ambience

'Dusky' implies some light is present, unlike 'dark', which can mean no light at all.

Not Pitch-Black

'Dusky' often suggests a natural or gentle decrease in light, rather than abrupt darkness.

Subdued Lighting

Use 'dusky' to describe naturally dark or sun-kissed skin, avoiding any negative connotations.

Natural Complexion

'Dusky' can imply an exotic or unique beauty, often related to people's appearance.

Exotic Association

Be cautious not to use 'dusky' in a way that stereotypes or offends, especially regarding skin tone.

Not Offensive

'Dusky' can describe an emotional tone that is reflective, quiet, or somber.

Emotional Atmosphere

'Dusky' suggests a gentler form of gloom, lacking the intense fear that 'dark' might imply.

Gloom without Dread

 keeps going away and then landing back on this plant so we're just gonna wait for it there we go it's now landed once again in the same spots and it's opening every now and then and gives a little bit of orange tinge so it does look like a little dusky copper over here I know there's lots of grass in your way I'll try and get that rid of that have you

Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...

 they treat you like another shark. So, you get bumped and hit probably every ten-seconds. And if you want to get good pictures you just have to ignore the sharks knocking into you. Most of the time I know I'm not on the menu. These sharks feed on small sardines. But I had two encounters, one, I had a large dusky shark rip-off my fin

Photographing Our Seas:...

 So take this forested hillside in Northern Manhattan, for example. This is one of the last areas left in the city where there's clean spring water seeping out of the ground. You could drink this out of your hands and you'd be OK. These tiny little areas of seeping water contain huge populations of northern dusky salamanders.

Evolution in a Big City

 And I came upon this scene where we had six dusky dolphins feeding cooperatively. I got there sort of at the tail end. But you still see a little ball of anchovies here. And the dolphin at the bottom was just about to pick off one of the anchovies. All the white particles there Those are fish scales.

Dolphins: Even Smarter...

 but you know it's stunning seeing this was one that was just covered in remoras adorned in remoras, and it was actually a silver tip shark in the bottom right of the frame. There were many other species out there, dusky sharks and bull sharks, but it was the tigers off course

Mako and Tiger Sharks:...

 now when you want to identify these birds Indigo birds you need to have a look at the beak as well as the feet because there are three indigo bird species that you could find here could be the dusky the purple and the village now that individual being the male he

Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...

 it's a really really special experience just to be there yeah um we actually got the most glorious picture on the screen yeah it's a really uh it's it's a tough smile to love i guess but uh yeah so this is a a dusky leaf monkey this is in penang in

Animal Life in the...

 is in my garden all right let's see what you got here looks like you have o arian sub fuscus and they're commonly known as the dusky Arian dusky this is what's been eating your garden huh big time yeah I'm sorry

The Strange and...

 dusky dolphins off the coast of kaikoura in New Zealand's South Island are so well fed that they conform super pods a thousand strong

Dusky Dolphins and Bull...

 after tasting the kaikoura crayfish i went off to have a marine wildlife adventure of my own swimming with the region's famed dusky

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