the dark

noun

: a state in which no light can be seen

She stumbled around in the dark until she finally found the light switch.

He's 12 years old and still afraid of the dark.

: a place where little or no light can be seen

The burglars hid in the dark between the two buildings.

He bought the kids special rings that glow in the dark.

: a state in which something is hidden or kept secret

Most of their deals were made in the dark.

: a state of not knowing about something

I'm in the dark about the agreement.

The public was kept in the dark about the meeting.

Examples of the dark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The lights automatically turn on in the dark, off during the day, but can also be adjusted and controlled from the remote. —

Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2024 Plot details for Here Comes the Dark are being kept, um, in the dark, but the project joins a growing list of Lab Brew titles that the studio is excited to move along with. —

Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024 Immediately following the screening, Seigel and her classmates practiced a lockdown procedure, hiding in the dark while a school official rattled doorknobs. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2024 For years, transparency advocates noted Michigan stood out as a national outlier as one of two states without any financial disclosure requirement, leaving voters in the dark about potential conflicts of interest. —

Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024 Wait about 30 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark. —

Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024 Indeed, employees have often been left in the dark about how they are meant to upskill. —

Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 19 Apr. 2024 Since investors remained in the dark as to the sheer extent of Tesla’s governance problems, the 2018 vote approving his compensation with a 73% majority of the shareholder stock present (excluding shares held by Musk) was hence null and void. —

Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024 Nonetheless, Central Casting could not have delivered a more cinematic and handsome stylist to capture the dark comedy, the sunshine noir, of Tinseltown. —

Michael Slenske, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024

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