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Word: darkening (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1880
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Usage:

...though the skies should darken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROBABILITIES FOR NEW ENGLAND. | 2/20/1880 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "darkening" throughout decades:

1870s : 1.0181
1880s : 1.6412
1890s : 0.5517
1900s : 0.2230
1910s : 0.1823
1920s : 0.6766
1930s : 1.0252
1940s : 1.4794
1950s : 1.1908
1960s : 1.4070
1970s : 1.4588
1980s : 1.0425
1990s : 0.5515
2000s : 0.7723
2010s : 0.8694