blackness

Example Sentences

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For white authors and readers, Morrison argued, blackness has been more metaphoric than real, a signifier of certain behavioral expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

It is blackness that refuses to accept subjugation, to give up.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024

But I was just as transfixed by the absolute blackness of the moon within.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Onstage, he just stood there and gazed out into the blackness.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

She was staring off into the blackness, as though seeing something he could not.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray