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IN DARKNESS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without light
Example:
the river was sliding darkly under the mist
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Context examples:
One house, however, second from the corner, was still occupied entire; and at the door of this, which wore a great air of wealth and comfort, though it was now plunged in darkness except for the fanlight, Mr. Utterson stopped and knocked.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I knew that I ought to hasten my descent towards the valley, as I should soon be encompassed in darkness; but my heart was heavy, and my steps slow.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The rest of the surface was either in darkness or seen as blurry markings.
(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)
Now it bound him with insentient fetters, walling his soul in darkness and silence, blocking it from the world which to him had been a riot of action.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
This barricaded door corresponded clearly with the shuttered window outside, and yet I could see by the glimmer from beneath it that the room was not in darkness.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This monster has done much harm already, in the narrow scope where he find himself, and in the short time when as yet he was only as a body groping his so small measure in darkness and not knowing.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It was eight o’clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of waters, woods, and mountains, obscured in darkness, yet still displaying their black outlines.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He must have divined Wolf Larsen’s trick and the sureness of detection, for the light was at once dashed from my hand and the forecastle was left in darkness.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I could see easily, for we did not leave the room in darkness; she had placed a warning hand over my mouth, and now she whispered in my ear:—"Hush! there is someone in the corridor!"
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I wept bitterly, and clasping my hands in agony, I exclaimed, Oh! stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
