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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.
  1. O great star disappear’d—O the black murk that hides the star!
    — from The Vagabond in Literature by Arthur Compton-Rickett
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. "See who it is, Murk," Sidney Prale said.
    — from The Brand of SilenceA Detective Story by Harrington Strong
  5. "Suppose you just shadow me this fine day," he told Murk.
    — from The Brand of SilenceA Detective Story by Harrington Strong
  6. "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
  7. Through the murk stabbed a long lance of pale blue phosphorescence.
    — from The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt
  8. 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
  9. Yet madder I, if to this murk my brain Were blind.
    — from Yolanda of Cyprus by Cale Young Rice
  10. 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

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