total darkness

Example Sentences

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Macleod agrees: "Turn off torches and car headlights, and stop looking at your phone because the light from the screen can affect your eyes acclimatising and adjusting to the total darkness."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Even the internal control board is covered, plunging the craft's occupants into total darkness.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Some parts of the country have been left in total darkness for days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

"Because winters at Mars' north pole experience total darkness, like on Earth, they are very hard to study," says Olsen.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2025

Kilvin reached out and extinguished the one remaining lamp, bringing the room to near total darkness.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss