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

On a starless night in March, Taiba and her husband, Ali, waded toward a boat in Colombia with 50 other Afghans, headed for the Darién Gap.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

It was a starless night when a ship commanded by a young American lieutenant collided with a Japanese destroyer in the South Pacific.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2022

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

A warm rain was pelting down from a starless black sky as they walked to the stables.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin