How to Use in the dark in a Sentence

in the dark

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  • And, customers would not be left in the dark, heat or cold for days or weeks.
    — Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Boards, for their part, may be in the dark as to how much more change is coming.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Bulls are active in the dark, and often do much bugling then.
    — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Agent Kim has kept his daughter in the dark about his dark past.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026
  • Shooting this show is like being on a roller coaster in the dark.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • At that time, Winkels walked into the street, in the dark, where she was struck.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • On the moon, there are areas at the lunar poles that are always in the dark.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • There’s always a fear of groping around in the dark; of not even knowing who to talk to.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Lying there in the dark, holding her hand at the end of our trip, fear didn’t feel lonely.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • It's been two weeks and two days since the damaging storms for a city that was left in the dark for too long.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • What strikes him is that the app users aren't always strangers lurking in the dark corners of the web.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The storm has also left tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark.
    — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Later, my sister found me outside in the sprinklers, lost in the dark.
    — Kerry Martin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Families and colleges, among others, are now left in the dark.
    — Eva Moskowitz, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The storm left hundreds of thousands without power, and some of them were in the dark for weeks.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Others are opting to cross in the dark, popping up once clear of the waterway.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • The ruse reportedly left even some White House aides in the dark.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • And in the dark, and in water, so the chicories then develop sugar to avoid freezing.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But more than 83,000 buildings and homes remained in the dark.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • For the thousands who remain in the dark and feel isolated, the giveaway helped.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Michigan led the numbers, with more than 305,000 in the dark.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Gutierrez opened the door to the back room to find Richardson and her daughter, then 16, in the dark.
    — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Walking in the dark, on roads without sidewalks, or in inclement weather is no safer than riding.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
  • Videos from inside the school showed students sitting silently in the dark during the lockdown.
    — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Another bright spot in the dark year has been today's hurler, Brandon Young.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • That single change turns debugging in the dark into a solvable problem.
    — Jacqueline Destefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Automatic sensors turn the lights on in the dark and off in daylight, so there's no need for batteries or wires.
    — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • However, when these deals are struck in the dark, communities revolt.
    — Melody Birmingham, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • The officers also have drones and helicopters equipped to track people hiding in the dark.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Looking through the nearby woods in the dark, they are chased by Leatherface, who kills Franklin with his chainsaw.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

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