And then the steadily darkening cumulus sky reached its final ominous indigo colour and the rain came.

The room was steadily darkening around them.

The sky, which had been darkening steadily, looked impatient for the assault to get under way- as impatient, almost, as the warriors themselves.

This chamber-it was too well-shaped to be considered a cave-was steadily darkening.

Appearing to grow ever whiter as the day steadily darkened, snow slanted into the belfry on the northwest wind.

And in answer that gateway disappeared and he was in a steadily darkening hall.

The view did not refresh him, but it did inspire a deep awe which had overtones of steadily darkening fear.

On the table was a flat-sided crystal, which had been darkening steadily as Elslood worked.

La Reine swept along under a sky that steadily darkened, although it was not much past the middle of the day.

They wound their way slowly through the trees, watching the woodlands darken steadily into night, allowing the horses to pick their way through the brush.