lightless
Example Sentences
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While you can’t help but appreciate the cherry red of the deep-sea atolla jellyfish, you will also learn why its unusual pigment persists in the lightless depths.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Much of the deep ocean is vacant, with extremely cold, lightless regions making it difficult for life as we know it to survive.
From Salon • May 21, 2025
Today, there are more than 300 species of anglerfish, which makes them the most varied family of vertebrates in the ocean’s lightless zone.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
The incident left her concussed, needing to stay in a lightless room for five days and only worsened the chronic migraines she has battled as an adult.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024
I almost liked how cramped and lightless it was, so unlike our windy, too bright apartment.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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