darkness

Example Sentences

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These cells gradually formed a simple, single eye that could detect light and darkness and help the animal sense orientation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

"I tortured myself for years not going on medication because I didn't know if I could make music if I'm happier, if I don't have that darkness within me," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

It may be my 83-year-old eyes — maybe somebody younger would not have a problem with this — but the darkness gets to me, so I kept longing to get back to the outside windows.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The fort immediately surrendered, the night’s darkness having “proved to be the attackers’ greatest ally, because it heightened the royalists’ fear of the unknown.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The family sat in sense-heightening darkness often for hours at a time.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock