How to Use in the dark in a Sentence

in the dark

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• 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
• Others are opting to cross in the dark, popping up once clear of the waterway.
  — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
• Michigan led the numbers, with more than 305,000 in the dark.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 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
• 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
• Maybe two or three groups of hoaxers out there at once, bumping into each other in the dark and scaring the scales off one another.
  — Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
• Fortunately, keeping communities safe does not have to mean leaving them in the dark.
  — Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
• But the exact source of those dollars remains hidden, leaving voters in the dark about who is bankrolling the plan to overhaul the state’s tax structure.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
• Nguyen never gets scared climbing the towering Matterhorn Pine in the dark.
  — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
• Dinner service in the dark goes as well as possible, with Kayley and Aesha wearing night vision goggles to serve the food.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026
• By flicking their tongues, snakes can detect the scent trails left by potential prey, such as rodents or birds, and accurately track and capture them even in the dark or in complex environments.
  — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
• Here, the material can be charged earlier by light or another energy source, stored in the dark, and then used later to power a chemical reaction after the original energy input has been expended.
  — New Atlas, 3 July 2026
• Anyone who’s sat that long in the dark—through Ben-Hur, Jaws 3-D, and The Legend of Bagger Vance—has sown and harvested many seasons of doubt.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
• The material can power reactions such as oxidizing organic molecules, potentially degrading pollutants, sterilizing surfaces, or enabling photocatalytic chemistry to continue later in the dark.
  — New Atlas, 3 July 2026