blackness

Example Sentences

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For white authors and readers, Morrison argued, blackness has been more metaphoric than real, a signifier of certain behavioral expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

This white haziness in their lungs, where there should only be the empty blackness of air, is commonly the mark of a tuberculosis infection.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

Onstage, he just stood there and gazed out into the blackness.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

"The beauty of it… the sharp contrast between the blackness of space and the horizon of the Moon… I'll never forget it. It was so dramatic."

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2024

And more dizzy spells sent Sadako into deep blackness.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr