Usage examples of "bleu sombre" in French with translation to English

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Les policiers de la ville de New York portent un uniforme bleu sombre. New York City policemen wear dark blue uniforms.
Il faisait très sombre. It was very dark.
Ce pull bleu est très beau. This blue sweater is very pretty.
C'était une nuit sombre et tempétueuse. It was a dark and stormy night.
Le ciel est d'un bleu absolu. The sky is as blue as blue can be.
En dehors d'un chien, un livre est le meilleur ami de l'homme. Au dedans d'un chien, il fait trop sombre pour lire. Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Les couleurs du drapeau américain sont rouge, blanc et bleu. The colors of the American flag are red, white and blue.
Il fait sombre dans cette pièce. It is dark in that room.
Il a peint le plafond en bleu. He painted the ceiling blue.
Je rentrais à la maison depuis un endroit au bout du monde, à environ trois heures d'un sombre matin d'hiver, et mon chemin conduisait à travers une partie de la ville où il n'y avait littéralement rien à voir que des lampes. I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.
Il peignit le plafond en bleu. He painted the ceiling blue.
Tu dois revenir avant qu'il fasse sombre. You must come back before it gets dark.
Il a du sang bleu. He's a blue blood.
Il faisait sombre sous le pont. It was dark under the bridge.
Comme le ciel est bleu ! How blue the sky is!
Ce n'est pas bon de lire dans une pièce sombre. It's not good to read in a dark room.
C'est un bleu. He's a freshman.
Il fait sombre là-dedans. As-tu une lampe torche ? It's dark in here. Do you have a flashlight?
Tu es encore un bleu. You're still green.
Plutôt que des hommes insouciants et joyeux, je suis attirée par des hommes posés avec quelque chose d'un côté sombre. Rather than light-hearted and cheerful men, I'm attracted to sober men with a bit of a dark side to them.
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