What does sooten mean?
Sooten means (transitive) To cover with soot; make sooty.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To cover with soot; make sooty.
The cumulative effect of the sootened city, the dark arrogant people, the immense extent of the squalor that lay on the engrimed land - I found myself longing to wrap up the experiment and head home. The weather was very cold and wet.
Yesterday's snow collected in black sootening clumps, some streaked yellow by wanton dogs.
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Sooten means (transitive) To cover with soot; make sooty.
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The cumulative effect of the sootened city, the dark arrogant people, the immense extent of the squalor that lay on the engrimed land - I found myself longing to wrap up the experiment and head home. The weather was very cold and wet.
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