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

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

Just before the brief snippet ends, Bell — wearing a seafoam green suit — enters an unlit room, breathes a heavy sigh and settles into a chair, ready to tell his story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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

The spot was completely unlit, and even with the car lights on, I was nervous another vehicle might come round the curve and run into us.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro