Blacken
Blacken verb - To make dark, dim, or indistinct.
Usage example: thick smoke from the forest fires blackened the sky for many miles
Light
Light verb - To set (something) on fire.
Usage example: we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs
Both words in one sentence
- God I know that it's wrong To kill my brother for what he hasn't done And as the planes blacken the sky It sounds like heaven is falling You promised me a new day dawning I've seen a thousand points of light Like so many points of hatred, shame and horror
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