darkness
Example Sentences
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Power was restored Thursday to eastern Cuba after an electricity grid failure plunged three provinces and part of a fourth into darkness the previous evening, authorities said.
From Barron's
Even before my eyes got used to the darkness, I could see it was no angel.
From Literature
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Quickly, quickly, Sadako tried with all her strength to fold the paper before she was swept into darkness.
From Literature
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Lying on his back, he could see the dark forms of bats flapping their way through the lesser darkness of the night.
From Literature
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While he acknowledged it had been publicly known for some time that Lord Mandelson knew Epstein, he said: "None of us knew the depths and the darkness of that relationship".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.