Example Sentences

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One of the major questions in astronomy is whether dark matter can form small, starless clumps.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2025

The Clippers had to survive a fight over the final weeks to avoid the play-in tournament, including struggling to put away the same, starless Trail Blazers in the penultimate game.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

The photographer, James Baguley, chose a starless image to emphasise the beautiful red background, which is a dense backdrop of hydrogen gas.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

Operators will also point the telescope at starless areas of sky to understand the “dark current” created by thermal noise in the instrument itself.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2022

All through that starless night, your breath came in wheezy gasps as raindrops wriggled, like silver snakes, through the gaps in our tent.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman