DARKNESS in a Sentence
Learn DARKNESS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
407 example sentences for DARKNESS, such as:
1. They left under cloak of darkness.
2. A figure appeared out of the darkness.
3. He ran against a wall in the darkness.
4. As night came,the house faded into darkness.
5. The shock of the darkness was almost physical.
2. A figure appeared out of the darkness.
3. He ran against a wall in the darkness.
4. As night came,the house faded into darkness.
5. The shock of the darkness was almost physical.
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Meanings and Examples of DARKNESS
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darkness
n. an unilluminated area
n. an unenlightened state
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Seen thus, from the pure and frosty darkness in which he stood, it seemed to be seething in a mist of heat.
2 As he stood in the darkness outside the church these memories came back with the poignancy of vanished things.
3 She stopped short, and he felt, in the darkness, that her face was lifted quickly to his.
4 They strained their eyes at each other through the icy darkness.
5 He stood in the darkness expecting to hear her step.
6 His wife looked so hard and lonely, sitting there in the darkness with such thoughts.
7 It was as senseless and savage as a physical fight between two enemies in the darkness.
8 As he lay there, the window-pane that faced him, growing gradually lighter, inlaid upon the darkness a square of moon-suffused sky.
9 They had reached the point where the road dipped to the hollow by Ethan's mill and as they descended the darkness descended with them, dropping down like a black veil from the heavy hemlock boughs.
10 He got his face down close to hers, with his ear to her mouth, and in the darkness he saw her eyes open and heard her say his name.
11 Then there was an excited babble of negro voices in the darkness of the yard and high-pitched negro laughter.
12 Pray give me only one moment more of your precious time before you cast me into darkness.
13 Melanie and Pittypat had gone to sleep hours before, but Scarlett lay awake in the warm darkness, her heart heavy and frightened in her breast.
14 Prissy and Wade scurried for the cellar and crouched in the cobwebbed darkness, Prissy squalling at the top of her voice and Wade sobbing and hiccoughing.
15 Always, faceless soldiers stood on the dark porch and from the darkness many different voices spoke to her.
Example Sentence: (197 in 14 pages)
1 Francisco was staring ahead into the darkness.
2 Around them the darkness was absolute, the silence oppressive.
3 Driving through the total darkness was a slightly surreal experience.
4 They left under cloak of darkness.
5 He ran against a wall in the darkness.
6 Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
7 It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
8 A small party stole up on the bridge under cover of darkness.
9 Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
10 I could just discern a figure in the darkness.
11 A figure appeared out of the darkness.
12 I, naturally, should want most to see the things which have become dear to me through my years of darkness.
13 As night came,the house faded into darkness.
14 There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.
15 The shock of the darkness was almost physical.