blackness
Example Sentences
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“This was a period in English culture before blackness acquired its fatal association with slavery,” he writes, identifying a “certain strain of indifference to color” in the thinking of the time.
Mr. Lang awoke to blackness, thick smoke burning his throat and dozens of car alarms bleating in his ear.
From New York Times
Erin Elyse Burns creates performances, photographs, videos and sound installations that are saturated with luminous color, velvety blackness and emotional resonance.
From Seattle Times
The shadows cited in the exhibition’s title reveal as much as they conceal, and the drawings’ animated blackness heightens a sense of disclosure.
From Los Angeles Times
Suddenly, a rocket-propelled grenade shrieked out of the blackness behind them, exploding against one of the trucks.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
