darkness

Example Sentences

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In that bitter January darkness of a Manchester elementary school parking lot, several dozen voters clustered in line beside me to get into the gym just as the polls opened.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

A player who once went more than five years without starting a league game during the darkness of an injury-plagued past, Jones has now helped Notts to two promotions in four seasons.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The attacks plunged cities into darkness and cut heat, leaving Kyiv residents such as Kosova and others in her apartment block on Tychyna Avenue freezing and miserable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Cuba has been suffering severe economic tumult led by an energy shortage that plunged 65 percent of the country into darkness on Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The apples glowed in the darkness, like sparkling jewels growing on the branches.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff