How to Use the dark in a Sentence

the dark

noun
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  • The plane was parked in the dark next to a hangar with shades drawn.
    — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Light the way for yourself and those stuck in the dark.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
  • Apps that keep you in the dark are part of the problem, too.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • His father would walk up and down among the trees in the dark.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
  • Here are five ways the state ethics laws keep Texans in the dark.
    — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The most painful part, many said, was being in the dark about their fate.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Monsters in the dark, on large screens — that was enough for her.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Freaky films are meant to be shared, in the dark, like campfire tales.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Some of these tools, experts say, are sold on the dark web.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Nichols sits in the dark against the car, barely moving.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • One of Mencke’s strangest videos starts with the creepy tones of ice cream truck music in the dark of night.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Read Next Deep-sea creature — able to glow in the dark — caught by trawlers.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Wait about 30 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Or does the film just love an excuse to plunge us into the dark?
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • All of the indices are gold, as are the straight hands, and the lume finish glows brightly in the dark.
    — Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Colleges were left in the lurch too Students weren’t the only ones in the dark.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
  • From the hiking trail to the backyard, a headlamp is a handy tool to find your way in the dark.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
  • In the dark below, a great white shark hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2023
  • After the sun sets, sand constructions will glow in the dark and light up the night.
    — Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • Young Black women are often left in the dark, but this gives them a chance to glow in the dark.
    — Hanna Phifer, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2023
  • But other parents were in the dark about the use of the sleep-aid on their own children.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Gaye said goodbye, and with a smile on his face, ran back across the street, into the dark of that house.
    — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Some of them even glow in the dark, which kids will find endlessly cool.
    — Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Scorsese, on the other hand, has strained to drag him into the dark.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • White chocolate is often the dark horse of the chocolate world.
    — Sierra Guardiola, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But an infrared camera can pick up things from heat in the dark.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In short, taking a supplement for weight loss is a leap in the dark.
    — Time, 20 Jan. 2023
  • And that's why anybody tried to predict this is just shooting in the dark.
    — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • All six episodes of the dark comedy series will be released at once.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Black Basta reportedly sells its ransomware and email spam services on the dark web, and has been active since at least as early as 2022.
    — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024

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