lightless
adjective
without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
lightlessness
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a word derived from
lightless.
Example Sentences
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The parrot comes out of the lightlessness, strutting toward me, but he’s the size of a man.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
The lightlessness is feelingly placed where the chief light should be.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
There in the infinite lightlessness was the dwelling place of God, like the Black Stone in the Qa'aba.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
In the lightlessness, and above the wailing of the terrified people about them, they could hear the scuff of running feet.
From Second Sight by Basil Wells
He rose through solid stone, a space of lightlessness.
From The Saracen: The Holy War by Robert Shea
