Etymology
Origin of blackness
Example Sentences
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For white authors and readers, Morrison argued, blackness has been more metaphoric than real, a signifier of certain behavioral expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
It is blackness that refuses to accept subjugation, to give up.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024
By the end, Sakamoto appears to be playing in inky blackness, with one light standing in for the moon shining over his left shoulder.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024
"The beauty of it… the sharp contrast between the blackness of space and the horizon of the Moon… I'll never forget it. It was so dramatic."
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2024
He felt the blackness again, the dark blurs in the corner of his vision.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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