Blackening

Blackening the edges, for example, will make the shape stand out more clearly, especially against the white walls of a gallery.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Blackening the edges, for example, will make the shape stand out more clearly, especially against the white walls of a gallery.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Blackening the word “Democrat,” Fox News Channel has exposed me to public? contempt and ridicule --- that could possibly endanger my life!

Fox News Officially Adopts "Democrat" Slur 2009

Blackening is impossible to do at home, and very few professional cook s can do it right either.

Nom Nom Nom Ding Ziiiip - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

Blackening reputations was an automatic reflex with Hoover.

An American Iliad Wills, Garry 2006

Blackening against the dead-green stripes of even,

Idylls of the King 2004

Blackening the external surface of the vent pipe only marginally increases the venting velocity, but this factor may be of greater importance under "no wind" conditions.

17. Environmental Sanitation 1999

“Blackening each other's character,” suggested Rodan.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

Blackening his dexter eye, and from his "boko" drawing blood.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892 Various

Blackening of the teeth is effected principally by the use of a plant called _máu-mau_ which, besides being used as a narcotic, has the property of giving the teeth a rather black appearance.

The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan