Example Sentences

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Shafts of light cut down through the blue-blackness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

The runway lights blinked on and off and the darkness was complete again, absolute; in the blue-blackness Richard felt his head swimming.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Down by the sluice a dozen lanterns flickered and blinked yellow against the blue-blackness of the night.

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward

After that there were stars—millions of them—each in its place surrounded by that blue-blackness that is luminous and unearthly.

From The Man Thou Gavest by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

It is always blue, light at first, and gradually deepening until it becomes the very blue-blackness of all misery.

From The Wolf's Long Howl by Waterloo, Stanley