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darkness

[dahrk-nis] / ˈdɑrk nɪs /




NOUN
lack of awareness
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It was how we kissed the summer goodbye before the darkness of learning fell about us.

From Literature

And out of the dark beneath the trees surged a deeper darkness: a huge rampaging menace in bear form.

From Literature

It will also coincide with the spring equilux where day and night are the same length, marking the end of more darkness than light.

From BBC

The moonlight came through the windows, and my eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness.

From Literature

I startle at the sound of a voice, and then squint into darkness to make out a neighbor leaning out her front door, drying her hands on a dish towel and smiling ruefully in apology.

From Literature