blackness
Example Sentences
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“This was a period in English culture before blackness acquired its fatal association with slavery,” he writes, identifying a “certain strain of indifference to color” in the thinking of the time.
Mr. Lang awoke to blackness, thick smoke burning his throat and dozens of car alarms bleating in his ear.
From New York Times
In the blackness, bare bedrock glints in the meager light from the van.
From Science Magazine
"One hint of blackness in our skin makes us a target," she said.
From Fox News
Our reviewer, Ayana Mathis, called it “a brave foray into vast and difficult terrain” that “raises thorny questions about the cost of blackness.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
