mirk

British  

/ mɜːk /

noun

1. a variant spelling of murk 1

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Other Word Forms

• mirkily adverb
• mirkiness noun
• mirky adjective

Example Sentences

And out of the gathering mirk the Nazgûl came with their cold voices crying words of death; and then all hope was quenched.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He had taken that tree, and that tree, and that rock as markers of the path...but there was no path, only the mirk, and the twilight, and the pale trees.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

The darkness grew more dense, and tongues of lightning flashed continuously out of the mirk sky.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.

Sometimes, as we looked on His crayon's work, Some angel-face would dawn Out radiant, from the mirk Of features old and thin, Or jowled with double-chin, And eyes asmirk, And gaping mouths agrin.

From The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches by Riley, James Whitcomb

And yon place, ye see, Davie—whilk was a very suitable place to hide in, as I’m free to own—was pit mirk from dawn to gloaming.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis