murk

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Beyond its dingy platforms, the metal track which contracts into the murk is the road to China, though that is, perhaps, the last place you would guess to be at the end of it.

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  1. noun Partial or total darkness; gloom.
  2. adjective Archaic Partially or totally dark; gloomy.

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  • In the murk, his bronze skin blended with the rust somewhat One of the men started to shoot, regardless. —  008 - The Sargasso Ogre
  • A silent wraith in the thick murk, the yacht ran out to sea Lacy, consumed with curiosity, and still smarting from Baron Mendl's rebuke, stood in the bows with binoculars jammed to his eyes. —  016 - The King Maker
  • When I had confirmed that the words did indeed say what I had thought, I tucked the note away, excavated clear to the bottom of the rucksack for the compass to check which branch of the track fading into the murk was pointing north, and set out. —  The Moor - Laurie R King - Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes 04
  • Much of the softness and murk is artistically deliberate, but I suspect it also helps cover some of the shortcomings that still remain in seamlessly integrating live action with CGI. —  The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 2005
  • Their eyes were getting more accustomed to the murk, and they were able to distinguish what seemed to be a boarded-over window at the far end Square came to a stop. —  147 - Rock Sinister
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drizzle ·  dimness ·  half-light ·  overcast ·  pall ·  grayness ·  blackness ·  haze ·  dusk ·  gloom ·  smog ·  discoloration
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  1. Middle English mirke, from Old Norse myrkr or Old English mirce.

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  1. Cf. marc.
 

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