Modifies a noun

• maiden: A natural blond ( long and straight ) with blue eyes and more English rose than dusky maiden.

• red: When the eve comes dusky red And the moon succeeds the sun, The girls go home to bed One by one.

• color: The pupil's color may change to a dusky blue color.

• light: Suddenly all was turmoil as out of the dusky light came fierce, running savages all shouting war slogans as they met their enemy.

• dolphin: In contains 32 different kinds of species including bottlenose dolphin, dusky dolphin, and common dolphin.

• langur: You will take a short hike to look for the dusky langur that inhabits the mountains here.

Modifying Another Word

• very: Above is [ 4033 ] a friable silty loam ( 2.5yr 2.5/3 very dusky red ) containing large pebbles.

Used with adjective complement

• get: It was nearly 8pm and getting dusky, but we listened dutifully as the warden went through the St Kilda by-laws one by one.