Speculation is such a position will go to a black candidate because the party has realised the need to "blacken" its leadership. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He felt his expression blacken to match his mood. From Wordnik.com. [The Specialist]
No matter what I do, I can't seem to get it to "blacken" so I can check it. From Wordnik.com. [NeoOffice Forums- Forums] Reference
Let them blacken our names and pursue us with ill. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberty Minstrel] Reference
Let them blacken our names, and pursue us with ill. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberty Minstrel] Reference
Before the stormy south, and blacken all the skies. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid English] Reference
Don't worry if they blacken a bit on the skin side. From Wordnik.com. [Meathead Goldwyn: Grilled Spaghetti? Try this Fired Up Marinara Sauce] Reference
I jest took 'em a little while ago to blacken 'em, sah. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences] Reference
I'll no let any one blacken the memory o 'Thomas Macalister. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
It will burn and blacken outside, which is of no consequence. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Cookery] Reference
Well, well -- I will not blacken these pages with demoniac ravings. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
If the solids blacken when ignited, the water contains organic matter. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
"True enough," was the prompt reply, "but did I not blacken them well?". From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
The Chinese, in order to blacken them, chew what is called “betel” or. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
If a little of the edge fat blackens, that's OK, but don't blacken the protein. From Wordnik.com. [Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn: How to Grill Great Steakhouse Steaks] Reference
"You think I-- I have simply tried to blacken Morley's character for personal gain?". From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Toast several thin pieces of bread a nice deep brown, but do not blacken or burn. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
I see plainly that you were leagued with Druce and Anson to blacken the woman I love. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
They wished him to blacken his face with charcoal, and not to eat anything for three days. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
He seemed determined to leave no stone unturned to blacken Paul in the eyes of his one-time friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
So it was the custom to blacken countenances and hands when a night-raiding party went over the top. From Wordnik.com. [Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam] Reference
When this time arrived they gave him charcoal instead of his breakfast, but he would not blacken his face. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian] Reference
Don't urge him on to blacken Dick's memory, as he is sure to do if you don't look more kindly upon his suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
As soon as the onion starts to turn a golden color, reduce the heat to medium; do not let the onion blacken. From Wordnik.com. [Groundwork: Okra time] Reference
"One thing more" -- she paused on the threshold as Trent spoke again -- "You will not blacken the name of --". From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
In the case of the Taliban prisoners from Konduz, the November temperatures weren't hot enough to blacken them. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Convoy Of Afghanistan] Reference
"The trench raiders blacken both their hands and faces when they steal out into No Man's Land at night," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol] Reference
Policemen are not popular in Hawick; and, knowing this, I contrived to blacken the Scottish Vidocq as a bloodhound. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Having a tendency to darken and blacken by time and foul air, they are not eligible in the nicer works of fine art. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
This variety, however, may be said to be obsolete; having given way to a mixture, usually semi-stable, and liable to blacken. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
I know he tried to blacken my dear father's character, but he idolized his son, and hardly realized the mischief he was doing. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
The potato is commonly affected by a fungous disease which causes the stalks to blacken and die before the tubers have matured. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
They will blacken one another's reputation with an ease and zest that is simply appalling, and laugh in your face while doing it. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
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