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Recent Examples of lightless The boy grows up in the lightless void before managing to escape. Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022 At night, lightless streets turn into treacherous obstacle courses, especially after snow and rain. Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022 Tracking swarms of flea-size organisms through the lightless depths is trickier than following migrating whales across hemispheres. Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022 After the humans arrived, Fred stayed in his lightless bog for millennia as the land was worked above, the forests shaped by fire and the fields sowed with corn, beans, and squash. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for lightless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightless
Adjective
  • My challenge was to make the sequel scarier, and darker.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Prioritize sleep quality: Creating a consistent bedtime routine and keeping your bedroom cool and dark may help improve sleep.
    Stella Bard, Health, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The highlighting reticles for discoverables are thankfully forgiving — ideal for the murky depths that would otherwise hide them.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • The questions, though, are a bit different this offseason, as Toronto’s optimal path forward is pretty murky, and any mistakes management makes in the next few weeks will only compound their issues.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 18 June 2025

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“Lightless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightless. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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