English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "verdonker" is die verlede tyd en verlede deelwoordvorm van die werkwoord "donker." Dit is afgelei van die byvoeglike naamwoord "donker", wat verwys na die afwesigheid of gedeeltelike afwesigheid van lig. Wanneer iets verdonker is, beteken dit dat dit donkerder van kleur of minder verlig geword het. Die term kan ook metafories gebruik word om 'n afname in helderheid, helderheid of optimisme aan te dui.

Sentence Examples

  1. Richard stood among the contorted darkened lines, his form broken and difficult to discern in their camouflage.
  2. An hour later he arrived back at the inn and found Jack walking towards him down the darkened corridor leading to his room.
  3. Together they gathered the tea things and then headed out into his darkened jungle of a garden.
  4. The wine-colored leather had darkened with age, the edges of it stained and frayed from much contact with fingers.
  5. Her eyes darkened, her lips parting slightly, and he knew how gratifying she found the compliment.
  6. The sky outside the window darkened as Brooke spent an hour reading.
  7. His forearms were bare, heavily muscled and darkened with hair, and the knuckles on the hand that held the door open were whitened with scars.
  8. But after that he was on guard and his mood darkened.
  9. That creepy man I spotted in my dream where James and Blair organized their sexual assignation plot in the hotel lobby now sits behind a desk, his face darkened by the shadow of a cap and his hands folded across his dirty calico shirt and overalls.
  10. Anyone casting a glance towards him would see the brown leather jerkin, its stitching slightly frayed at one shoulder, the elbows and front smoothed and darkened with the dirt of wear.