How to Use the dark in a Sentence

the dark

noun

• His father would walk up and down among the trees in the dark.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
• 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
• Some of these tools, experts say, are sold on the dark web.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 22 Dec. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• And that's why anybody tried to predict this is just shooting in the dark.
  — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
• So walking out in the dark was super fun, with over 100 pounds on our backs.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
• But after this bombshell came to light, 50 Cent appeared to be in the dark.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• There are downsides to a long packout over rough terrain in the dark.
  — Nick Fasciano, Outdoor Life, 8 Feb. 2024
• There are even species of mushrooms that glow in the dark, which many feel spawned the tales of tiny creatures living in the woods.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
• But then, around 2 a.m., a sharp-eyed team member spies the tracks of a baby turtle in the dark and traces it back to a nest.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• One can, of course, object to the dark story Runciman tells.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
• The Bradys are in the dark about the halftime ceremony to honor the iconic QB like the rest of us.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
• Later, there is salsa, rap, and the dark techno of the title track.
  — Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
• The children often spent days below deck in the dark, waiting out storms while the boat pitched and heaved.
  — Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The lights are great for a front walkway or a path to brighten up the dark corners in your outdoor space.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2023
• No one was in the dark about what was happening at 80 Albert Street.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• For several days this month, Biden was in the dark about Austin’s whereabouts.
  — Catherine Lucey, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
• The stripes were made of clear crystals, which shone in the dark stadium like midnight rain.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
• The the format of the dance floor, the dark warehouse, the simplicity of that, is the foundation of where this whole scene came from.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
• Last week, Claire played her shot in the dark for no reason and ended up getting sent home.
  — oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024