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Recent Examples of inky
The film, which largely unfolds on Christmas Eve, has a wonderful sense of the dying light of a late December day, the transition from a shade of damp gray to the inky black of night, and, even better, an actual sense of a particular American place.
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
The inky navy, black, gray and peeks of plaid from the autumn/winter 2025 collection are now available to shop.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Gothic beauty is spilling all over the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet, with a litany of a-listers donning inky black eyeshadow and nude lip shades.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Japanese, slight in build, sporting a gray T-shirt, with inky hair cut into a modish bowl, neither Greenberg nor Bowyer yet knew the man’s name — Ippei Mizuhara.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Other evidence of bed bugs includes bloody or inky stains on fabric and a sweet, musty smell in the room.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025
Cardi dialed up the goth glam with thin angled eyebrows and a vampy red lip and wore her inky black hair in voluminous curls.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
The inky navy, black, gray and peeks of plaid from the autumn/winter 2025 collection are now available to shop.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Gothic beauty is spilling all over the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet, with a litany of a-listers donning inky black eyeshadow and nude lip shades.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Japanese, slight in build, sporting a gray T-shirt, with inky hair cut into a modish bowl, neither Greenberg nor Bowyer yet knew the man’s name — Ippei Mizuhara.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Other evidence of bed bugs includes bloody or inky stains on fabric and a sweet, musty smell in the room.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025
Cardi dialed up the goth glam with thin angled eyebrows and a vampy red lip and wore her inky black hair in voluminous curls.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inky
Adjective
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Wildlife officials have put out a call to the public after the body of a dusky dolphin was found decapitated on a New Zealand beach.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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Olsen kept her glam simple for the evening and opted for a terracotta blush on her cheeks and a dusky mauve gloss on her lips.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The night serum visibly smooths wrinkles, reduces fine lines, and soothes the appearance of dark circles and uneven skin tone.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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The scent is smoky yet sweet, spicy yet smooth, dark but with an underlying lightness—the result of combining clean white musk with rose, tobacco, suede, and cumin.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Over the course of a few hours in Washington on Tuesday, the increasingly muddled state of public health unfolded.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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This is an impossible task – partly due to Trump’s own muddled thinking – but most importantly, because Putin does not want peace.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The couple spent 118 days — nearly four months — on their raft and dingy in the open water before they were rescued by chance by a passing Korean vessel.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Always look for bright, vibrant heads of lettuce and avoid brown spots or dingy yellow leaves.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite being a high-resolution display, the icons weren’t always clear when contrasted with my real-world field of view, causing the letters to appear a bit murky.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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The law surrounding public university employees' speech rights is murkier, as the schools receive federal tax dollars.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her feet are bare, the toenails a little muddied.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Computers, desks, a washer and dryer were among the belongings in the muddied basement that were wrecked in the storm.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The stela offers a rare, unfiltered look at how Egypt’s traditions were expressed under Ptolemaic rule, highlighting the decree’s importance for understanding religion, governance, and royal ideology.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Posing too hard in each snap was uncool; Snapchat was meant to be unfiltered, that is until filters came out.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rat Saw God than an extension of its hazy Southern world-building, Bleeds is Wednesday at their best—again.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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Inside, police investigator Michael Ely found the interior hazy with smoke, and no one was present in the home except for the family dog, Oakley.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Inky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inky. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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