darkness
Example Sentences
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His rhetoric took on elements of Eastern Orthodoxy and of darkness and light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
How ironic that this is so often how she appears in the film: shrouded in darkness, barely visible, her eyes glowing through the shadows and begging for someone to see the real her.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
It rises in darkness and signals to the body that it is time to rest.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Border guards warned crossings were increasing, with many attempting to slip across a nearby river under cover of darkness.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Now that darkness had fallen, a ring of fires had sprung up around it, and men with spears and birch-bark horns were keeping watch.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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