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

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

Men trickled in from the unlit street, using the flashlight on their phones to climb three flights of concrete steps until they reached the rooftop.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

They are ancient paper lanterns, translucent, unlit, strung across the courtyard, too fragile to move — though when he sees Ralph, his father, still a brave man, tries to speak.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen