Examples of “dusky” in a Sentence

adj Dimly lit, as things appear at dusk.

• I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
• The room had a dusky glow from the single lamp.
• A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky. — Harold Bindloss (1907)

adj Somewhat dark in shade or color.

• The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
• She wore a dusky pink dress that suited the evening light.