Literary notes about murk (AI summary)
The term "murk" is employed to invoke a sense of pervasive darkness and uncertainty, imbuing settings with an atmospheric gloom that often serves as more than mere physical obscurity. In some passages, it paints a picture of a world where light is barely able to penetrate—casting everything in a somber, almost mystical quality [1, 2, 3]. In other narratives, "Murk" takes on a personified role, acting as a peculiar nickname or even a character that adds to the enigmatic tone of the dialogue [4, 5, 6]. Whether describing the thick, impenetrable haze that muffles the clarity of the landscape [7, 8] or symbolizing an inner state of despair or confusion [9, 10], the word seamlessly bridges themes of natural decay and human emotion.
- O great star disappear’d—O the black murk that hides the star!
— from The Vagabond in Literature by Arthur Compton-Rickett - Not a light was visible; all around, sea and sky blended in a dark, ill-defined murk.
— from With Beatty off Jutland: A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman - The murk light had lifted, showing the wet sky a patchy drab, which again was beginning to show glimpses of golden hue.
— from The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives - "See who it is, Murk," Sidney Prale said.
— from The Brand of SilenceA Detective Story by Harrington Strong - "Suppose you just shadow me this fine day," he told Murk.
— from The Brand of SilenceA Detective Story by Harrington Strong - "You go back to the hotel, Murk, and do as the captain says," he ordered.
— from The Brand of SilenceA Detective Story by Harrington Strong - Through the murk stabbed a long lance of pale blue phosphorescence.
— from The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt - In the yellow candle-light, an oasis of radiance in the murk and gloom of the storm, the faces of the people round the table hid nothing.
— from House of TormentA Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Guy Thorne - Yet madder I, if to this murk my brain Were blind.
— from Yolanda of Cyprus by Cale Young Rice - It flooded out and engulfed the immense mass of humanity's hope in its spreading cloud of redly impenetrable murk.
— from Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith