How to Use the Dark Ages in a Sentence
the Dark Ages
plural noun-
For these children, the Dark Ages had returned, in every sense.
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Murr Brewster,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 Feb. 2025
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Yes, welcome to 2026 — like the Dark Ages, only with better teeth.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
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The name was meant to invoke the rebirth of classical Roman values, which brought the Dark Ages to a close and ushered in the Renaissance.
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David Conrads,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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The film, headed to theaters today via Lionsgate, is a dramatic horror tale set during the War of the Roses, at the tail end of the Dark Ages.
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William Earl,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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But after about 1,000 years of these games, the competition, along with the word, was lost during the Dark Ages, or the aftermath of the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Ayana Archie,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2026
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