How to Use the dark in a Sentence

the dark

noun
  • Please be the light in the dark.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Please be the light in the dark.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That's the one that's the dark horse.
    — ABC News, 31 May 2026
  • Yet he was left in the dark for days.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Has Sam leapt to the dark side?
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Each night the boys would kneel in the dark and pray for help.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 June 2026
  • Did those green eyes of hers glow in the dark, like a cat’s?
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • The field is working in the dark.
    — Ryan Brennan may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • The field is working in the dark.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The stars shone brightly in the dark sky.
    — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • The plane was parked in the dark next to a hangar with shades drawn.
    — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • And enough tension to light up the dark.
    — Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That is kind of the dark side to free country.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • No more dancing in the dark for this star!
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • So that is the dark future that’s ahead of us.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
  • What is the dark trauma that even death cannot erase?
    — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Things flash and roar and screech and skitter through the dark.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In the dark, a poet sings to hold the wolves at bay.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And then the gloves, or rather, the dark glasses came off.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
  • His father would walk up and down among the trees in the dark.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
  • But that’s the fun that comes from taking a shot in the dark.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 May 2026
  • Her brows were also filled to match the dark hue of her hair.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
  • And sure, Rasputin’s ghost can be part of the dark fun, too.
    — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There are no books that tell you how to find dry wood for a fire in the dark.
    — Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Seay learned in the Navy how to move around a ship in the dark.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • Monsters in the dark, on large screens — that was enough for her.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Staub in the dark, here, but maybe the Buffs are just … soft?
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Freaky films are meant to be shared, in the dark, like campfire tales.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • On the dark side, Mizzou was right there.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025

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