How to Use darkness in a Sentence
darkness
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Their flag is a flag of darkness.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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The darkness is a point of civic pride.
—David Allan, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
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Turn on the light and the darkness goes.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
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There is a darkness to this man's life.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
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There's been a lot of darkness.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
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There can be no darkness where our gaze lands.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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There’s a lot of darkness that formed this place.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
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That won't work — the moon will rise in darkness.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 May 2026
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There were a lot of flash bulbs and a lot of darkness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
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There’s a lot of good — even with the darkness.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
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And if the light is still on, the darkness has not won.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 8 Feb. 2026
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And my thought is that — why be silent against this darkness?
—Sarah Ventre, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
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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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This is the time of the year when pests need warmth and darkness to live.
—Kody Boye, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
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There’s a lot of darkness, but at the same time, there’s so much light.
—Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
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It is described as a thick darkness that can be felt.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Give your eyes enough time to adjust to the darkness.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
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Light lives in darkness just as darkness lives in light.
—Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
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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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The darkness not of mystery but of fear.
—Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Size aside, there are the matters of darkness and noise.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
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God is in the darkness [of this season].
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
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When the game stops, it will be called on account of darkness.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
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That meant workouts in the pre-dawn darkness.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
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It is triggered by darkness at night.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
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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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That was the darkness before the dawn.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 May 2026
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The darkness between them is the rest.
—Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
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One step forward in darkness, two steps back in the light.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
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That’s the recipe of avoiding the darkness in him.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
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