blackness

Example Sentences

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But she never shirks from the hard facts of the Du Bois history, or that of blackness in this country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

"What struck me wasn't necessarily just Earth, it was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbingly in the universe," said Koch.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

All eyewitnesses like Samia* can say for certain is that the lights went out suddenly, plunging D Chowk, the square where they had gathered, into blackness.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

It is blackness that refuses to accept subjugation, to give up.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024

He crouched in the fragile shell of light and peered into the looming blackness of the forest.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver