unlit
Example Sentences
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Goldman celebrated his 67th birthday in the unit, with cake and an unlit candle delivered by his medical team, who also sang Happy Birthday to him on video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
At last I was admitted inside, into the main hall, a cold room with an unlit hearth and a ceiling of blond pine.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
Mr Hill said he remembered one investigation that involved a car travelling at night around the bend of an unlit country road.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
As your eyes adjust in the dark, unlit details fade in: a coat of aluminum paint on the cornice, a staircase through the curtain, a tracing of mortar among stones in the foundation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
One telegraph boy made his way through the dark to an unlit alley that smelled of rotted fruit and was silent save for the receding hiss of gaslights on the street he had left behind.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
