How to Use go dark in a Sentence

go dark

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  • The moment a pet bolts past the last tower, the tracker goes dark.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • Within five days after the satellites went dark, there would be a crash in orbit.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The anchor of my entire day—my money, my messages, my way home—went dark.
    — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026
  • The livestream captured the moment of the bullet’s impact and then went dark.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The worst four months were spent completely alone in a small cell, beneath a bright light that never went dark.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
  • There s not totality — the sky does not go dark and the sun’s corona does not appear.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • When a facility this power-hungry goes dark, the loss is not the wiring.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Broadway went dark, then turned on the lights Broadway's return mattered, too.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Her makeup, however, went dark to add contrast to the white dress and hair, with bold brows and smoky, shadowed eyes.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • String lights glowed overhead as the San Gabriel Mountains went dark behind them.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The crowd erupted, some cheering and others brought to tears, a collective wave of emotion rolling over us as the sky went dark.
    — Annissa Durar, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Then, the scene went dark as a Wanted poster of Shaboozey was slapped down on the barroom’s table.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Chef and founder Bruce Moffett is stepping away from the space, but the address isn’t going dark for long.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The room suddenly went dark, and Depp — still dressed as Scrooge — emerged, guided by the light of his candle.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • But before the game, the stadium lights went dark because of an outage, and the game was played without a scoreboard or a game clock.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The only sound that matters around here is the cheers accompanying one more title before the game goes dark.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Shortly after, Polk scrubbed his Instagram account clean and went dark.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Behind the open doors, the figure is nearly black, the wood gone dark from centuries of incense until the carving reads more as shape than detail.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • While the show may have gone dark for good, a piece of its history is lighting up a corner of West Hollywood.
    — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • After a brief back-and-forth, the video shows the employee’s hand reaching toward the camera before Varela’s phone goes dark.
    — Thom Jensen, NBC news, 20 July 2026
  • In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the Great White Way went dark for two days.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Utilities need to test those procedures before screens go dark and alarms stop reporting correctly.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Legal concerns were swiftly dismissed, Detroit’s factories went dark, and people were kept out of harm’s way.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • During the Great Depression, fireworks shows went dark, and Grucci found a side job playing drums in a band.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Bright isn't the only star who recently went dark, either; Hailey Bieber has been sporting a much darker brunette too.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier in the hour, some viewers reported seeing garbled images on the screen before going dark.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The series’ creators spoke about Big Bang OGs relishing going dark in the spinoff.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Keeping the party going after the final whistle Don’t let the experience end when the scoreboard goes dark.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Starz did indeed go dark for Verizon Fios subscribers on Wednesday night, as both sides failed to come to a carriage agreement.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • East Side residents who were disappointed to see Asiana Thai & Sushi go dark won't have to wait long for its return.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2026

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