first dark
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I was often sad during that first, dark autumn, dealing with a disintegrating marriage and the parched loneliness of the unlanguaged.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
Michaela’s expressions of loss, at first dark but rational, become obsessive and crazed: “The first duty of the widow is to join her husband.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2021
And if city officials choose lighting that adheres to IDA recommendations, it’s the first step toward making Pittsburgh the East Coast’s first dark sky city.
From The Verge • Jun. 16, 2020
Polk was the nation’s first dark horse, or unexpected, presidential nominee, but the private deals in smoke-filled rooms that brought him forward would only grow stronger in later years.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
That night about first dark, he and I lifted the cage onto a wheelbarrow, covered it good with the croker sacks, and wheeled it around the house through the pecan grove.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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