How to Use darkness in a Sentence
darkness
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Mills doesn't shy away from the challenges, the darkness and the tears.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
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The theft has meant much of the city has been plunged into darkness.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 16 May 2025
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Up that high, the curvature of the earth and the darkness of space can be seen with the naked eye.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
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That’s why Jemma’s email was like a light in the darkness.
—Francesca Street, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
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You’re allowed to shine brighter than the darkness in your mind.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
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You’re allowed to shine brighter than the darkness in your mind.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
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For the actors, Lachman chose to keep the darkness in their eyes.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
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Out of darkness, can come light, so let that light shine bright.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
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There was a small hole that vanished into darkness at the base of the wall.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
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My eyes hadn’t had time to adjust to the darkness, to take in the details or design of the room.
—Tejal Rao, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
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The artist and the machine grapple in the darkness, together in the black box.
—Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Taurus April 20-May 20 Your friends can bring you out of the darkness right now.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
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There is darkness out there, and it’s got to go somewhere.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 June 2025
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Give him every bit of blame for the decade-thick darkness that buried the Trojans.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
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The moon peeks out from the branches and emanates a halo of light, which pierces through the darkness.
—Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
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That’s where the darkness comes in for her, and certainly her son.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
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Part of that darkness comes from the heaviness of fresh grief.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 6 June 2023
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Germans no doubt do that, too, but their field trips pass through the darkness.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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The embrace of the darkness is an explicit part of that world.
—Clifford Prince King, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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After a body thumped against the floor in the darkness, Fromming relit the lamp and surveyed the scene.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
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There are flashes of a white horse set against more darkness.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
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In the darkness, the parade of people began their march to the border.
—Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
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Air raid alarms sounded for more than three hours in the pre-dawn darkness across Kyiv.
—Cherie Saunders, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
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Part of that is because of how much Wood helped Goggins through the darkness.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 4 June 2025
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The spice is one of seven items placed on the table for Nowruz, and represents dawn pushing out darkness, and the triumph of good over evil.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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On this day, the sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkness across the globe.
—Vytas Reid, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
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The whole ship plunged briefly into darkness, before the emergency power system kicked in.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
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Footage from Gentry’s camera, as featured in the film, shows the darkness setting in while the group walks into the lake.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
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On these days, the hours of daylight and darkness are equal, and the sun is directly above the equator at noon.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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People flown out of state under cover of darkness without due process.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
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