unlit
Example Sentences
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Goldman celebrated his 67th birthday in the unit, with cake and an unlit candle delivered by his medical team, who also sang Happy Birthday to him on video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
At last I was admitted inside, into the main hall, a cold room with an unlit hearth and a ceiling of blond pine.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
They said the wrecked car appeared "all of a sudden" with no lights on an unlit part of motorway, making it "really hard to see it until the last moment".
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
This, of course, was my mother’s worst nightmare: Traveling solo, I’d been coaxed by a stranger into an unlit building in a remote Saudi village, within a volatile border area that the U.S.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Two unlit torches sat in wall sconces on either side of the doorway, both covered in cobwebs.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
