Etymology
Origin of blackness
Example Sentences
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“This was a period in English culture before blackness acquired its fatal association with slavery,” he writes, identifying a “certain strain of indifference to color” in the thinking of the time.
When the attempted murderer claimed his intended targets stole his job, Superman snarled “The only person responsible for the blackness smothering your soul ... is you.”
From Los Angeles Times
“You turn off the lights and they just tumble into the blackness of space,” he told me.
From Los Angeles Times
The amnesia conceit allows the film to highlight its artificiality: painted backdrops, stages that recede into blackness, supporting players recast in multiple roles.
From Los Angeles Times
She continued up Lake Avenue, then suddenly plunged into blackness.
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