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Recent Examples of darkly
The darkly comic thriller from writer-director Mary Bronstein premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and won Byrne a Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The Paris digs are infinitely sleeker, dimly lit, and darkly appointed, but the food is more or less an exact replica.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Across almost 20 novels, the British author spun fantastical tales with unsentimental wit, infusing his work with darkly morbid humor, blithe child endangerment, rotten and antagonistic adults, and a willingness to occasionally laugh at the misfortune of others.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Inspired by recent black comedies like Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite and Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, Byun decided to take a stab at a darkly comedic, politically minded film following the success of action thriller Kill Boksoon.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
All the parts fit well in this sometimes surreal, sometimes darkly humorous journey into the crumbling mind of a stressed woman.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
His darkly satiric new movie, aptly titled One Battle After Another, opened September 26 to rapturous, or merely stunned, reviews, only to confront a $34 million box office intrusion from Taylor Swift — one that may ironically enhance Anderson’s future Oscar forays.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Vince Staples is back with a new season of his darkly comedic Netflix series, The Vince Staples Show, which officially returns for its second season on November 6, 2025.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025
In one of the film’s most madcap and darkly comedic moments, Linda bribes her daughter with the promise of a pet hamster — who turns out to be a biter, desperate to escape its box.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The Paris digs are infinitely sleeker, dimly lit, and darkly appointed, but the food is more or less an exact replica.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Across almost 20 novels, the British author spun fantastical tales with unsentimental wit, infusing his work with darkly morbid humor, blithe child endangerment, rotten and antagonistic adults, and a willingness to occasionally laugh at the misfortune of others.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Inspired by recent black comedies like Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite and Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, Byun decided to take a stab at a darkly comedic, politically minded film following the success of action thriller Kill Boksoon.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
All the parts fit well in this sometimes surreal, sometimes darkly humorous journey into the crumbling mind of a stressed woman.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
His darkly satiric new movie, aptly titled One Battle After Another, opened September 26 to rapturous, or merely stunned, reviews, only to confront a $34 million box office intrusion from Taylor Swift — one that may ironically enhance Anderson’s future Oscar forays.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Vince Staples is back with a new season of his darkly comedic Netflix series, The Vince Staples Show, which officially returns for its second season on November 6, 2025.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025
In one of the film’s most madcap and darkly comedic moments, Linda bribes her daughter with the promise of a pet hamster — who turns out to be a biter, desperate to escape its box.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkly
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What at first appears to be a run-of-the-mill trauma drama about a family dealing with the eldest child’s anorexia nervosa gradually evolves into something odder and more original, even blackly comic, in Ungrateful Beings.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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During one depressive episode, Springsteen somberly speeds down the road in his Camaro before violently hitting the brake.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Look pessimistically, and perhaps the inexperience is too much of a barrier.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the conservative nonprofit American Action Forum, has watched glumly as Republicans have drifted away from their small-government traditions.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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The running game is a mess, Carson Wentz is often running for his life, and the defense proved distressingly vulnerable to big plays in last weekend’s 28-22 loss to Philadelphia.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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And yet, distressingly, this early stage is too often where the lists of possible awards contenders start to get narrowed down.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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When the Maitlands' attempts to frighten the Deetzes away fail miserably, Barbara and Adam turn to the mysterious and mischievous Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) to rid them of the living.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Strict federal air pollution regulations were still 30 years away, and state and local efforts to limit coal smoke had failed miserably.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Darkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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