tenebral

Example Sentences

• "[…] thou tenebral speck of foul negation : […]"
• "[…] despite the mass of tenebral gloom, inseparable from silk hat and black frock-coat, yet the artist shows a sense of "values" and harmony which pleases the observer."
• "Of course, Mr. Gibson has written many other things less mortuary, […] But the idea seems to be, when a smashing effect is desired, to pull down the shades, […] It is not alone in verse that this tenebral tendency is manifest."
• "But the darkness was tenebral, for the door was closed again, and the blinds were drawn. Hethcott stumbled over the lamp-stand, but, heedless of his sister's scream, knowing she was unhurt, made for the lighted hall."
• "The shadows on either side of the vessel, the dark waters of the cave to the left, and the hollow rocks to the right, all belong to a tenebral range close to pure black. I am not able to tell whether this lower range is enhanced. It may be that the pigments have physically decayed: the Morning Herald for 5 May 1829 speaks of positive indigo, which is hard to find […]"
• "There will be a tenebral gloom in that place."