as in darkened
being without light or without much light
wondered what might be lurking in the lightless corners of the basement
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Recent Examples of lightless
For this reason black holes are invisible to the eye, as lightless as the empty, dark space surrounding them.
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Sidney Stevens,
Treehugger,
14 Mar. 2025
Fall asleep and dream about being slowly forced, as if by some mechanized peristalsis, through the digestive tract of a huge synthetic worm that then deposits me into a lightless industrial kitchen.
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Jay Katsir,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
The boy grows up in the lightless void before managing to escape.
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Noah Berlatsky,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Dec. 2022
At night, lightless streets turn into treacherous obstacle courses, especially after snow and rain.
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Michael Birnbaum,
Washington Post,
23 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for lightless
Sidney Stevens,
Treehugger,
14 Mar. 2025
Fall asleep and dream about being slowly forced, as if by some mechanized peristalsis, through the digestive tract of a huge synthetic worm that then deposits me into a lightless industrial kitchen.
—
Jay Katsir,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for lightless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightless
Adjective
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
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The top-of-the-line chef’s kitchen sports metallic cabinetry paired with dark marble countertops and backsplashes.
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These include rolled or folded leaf blades, a dark or blue tinge to the foliage, or lingering footprints after walking on the lawn.
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More than a year later, the origin of the document remains murky.
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By the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.
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“Lightless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightless. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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