the dark

noun

1

: a state in which no light can be seen

She stumbled around in the dark until she finally found the light switch.

He's 12 years old and still afraid of the dark.

2

: a place where little or no light can be seen

The burglars hid in the dark between the two buildings.

He bought the kids special rings that glow in the dark.

3

: a state in which something is hidden or kept secret

Most of their deals were made in the dark.

4

: a state of not knowing about something

I'm in the dark about the agreement.

The public was kept in the dark about the meeting.

Examples of the dark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All night, the fog had stubbornly hidden the stars in the dark, impenetrable sky, but now the sliver of light widened little by little into a luminous band, a hazy phosphorescence that slowly spread and took over. —Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026

Go into Reddit, go into the dark corners of Reddit and read a little bit about her. —Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026

The electrical grid collapses regularly, leaving the entire country in the dark. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026

So purchases have been even more depressed than during the dark days of the Great Recession in 2008-09. —Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the dark

• ballpark
• benchmark
• birthmark
• daymark
• earmark
• embark
• hallmark
• landmark
• monarch
• postmark
• remark
• skylark