total darkness
Example Sentences
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Macleod agrees: "Turn off torches and car headlights, and stop looking at your phone because the light from the screen can affect your eyes acclimatising and adjusting to the total darkness."
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
As the sub dropped below 200 metres, the last traces of light disappeared, and indigo faded into total darkness.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Some parts of the country have been left in total darkness for days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Their findings, published in Science, reveal an astonishing story of night-time aerial chases, precision attacks, and predation in total darkness.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Greyback unlocked it with a tap of his wand, then forced them into a dank and musty room and left them in total darkness.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
