1.   ... a wall blackened by soot.

2.   His sentiments were echoed by residents of Brka, a poor agricultural village rendered even more dreary by the war and now snow blackened by soot.

3.   Just upwind from downtown Cairo, the air on the dirt streets here is so thick with smoke that even the sheep have been blackened by soot.

4.   An old woman sat crying on the ground in front of her burning house, her face blackened by soot.

5.   An old woman sat on the ground in front of her burning house, crying and ranting, her face blackened by soot.

6.   An old woman sat on the ground in front of her burning house, hysterical, her face blackened by soot.

7.   Landmarks like the Temple of the Dawn, sparkling white in photos from previous decades, are blackened by soot.

8.   One firefighter said seven of his colleagues, completely blackened by soot, had to be rushed to a hospital.

9.   One firefighter said seven of his colleagues, blackened by soot, had to be rushed to a hospital.

10.   The white and blue vessel entered Kristiansand with its smokestack blackened by soot.