How to pronounce darken
Listen to darken in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“darken” in real sentences
61 clips in the index · 12 American · 6 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I wanted to darken the story.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Three years later, the events of March 11th darken their lives.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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block the entire Sun and the whole sky darken for a few minutes.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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Particulate air pollution from fires, coal plants, and vehicle exhaust darken the sky.
The Atlantic · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of darken. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.