darkness
Example Sentences
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In a moment of darkness in China, “they feel they have to be the light,” said Fenggang Yang, a Purdue University sociologist who researches the country’s house churches.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Cuba has been suffering severe economic tumult led by an energy shortage that plunged 65 percent of the country into darkness on Tuesday.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Residents have already described seeing a "military operation" of about 30 lorries delivering fencing, hardcore and septic tanks to the site while under the cover of darkness.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The planet is tidally locked, meaning one side permanently faces the star while the other remains in darkness.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
Then in the darkness my hand closed over something hard.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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