Well, the first thing that struck me was the duskiness of the place; it was like travelling through a sunset that had no color in it.
"Phemie Frost's Experiences"
Ann S. Stephens
Must we jog on day after day in this cheerless gloom and this joyless duskiness, until we stagger and fall and rot among the toads?
"In-Darkest-England-and-the-Way-Out"
Booth, William
Being a mulatita she was dark or dusky skinned, with a reddish tinge in the duskiness, purple-red lips, and liquid black eyes with orange-brown reflections in them-the eyes called tortoiseshell in America.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson