unlit

Example Sentences

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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

A “New Members Orientation” memento candle on the side table was unlit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

As your eyes adjust in the dark, unlit details fade in: a coat of aluminum paint on the cornice, a staircase through the curtain, a tracing of mortar among stones in the foundation.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Rain was falling when he drove past a young man walking on the side of an unlit, mountain road at about 03:00 on Wednesday.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

It is like my first night in France, the click-clack of our steps on the cobblestones, the unlit streetlights, dark to protect the city from German bombs.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse