blackness

Example Sentences

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"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

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She continued up Lake Avenue, then suddenly plunged into blackness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

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

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024

But now they were almost there, the blackness was turning gray; now he had stepped out joyfully into the daylight.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton