darkness

Example Sentences

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But not every energy target will meet that standard, and the military benefit doesn’t justify plunging 90 million people into darkness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The iconic photograph taken by astronaut William Anders captured the bright blue Earth against the vast darkness of space, with the Moon's cratered surface in the foreground.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

By night, darkness enveloped the streets, but electricity and reparto music bloomed sporadically from bodegas and bars.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

That frontier between light and darkness is known as the terminator.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

And out of the dark beneath the trees surged a deeper darkness: a huge rampaging menace in bear form.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver