Darkness has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." | |
| 2. | Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. | |
| 3. | Then fury spurred their courage, and behold, / As ravening wolves, when darkness hides the day, / Stung with mad fire of famine uncontrolled, / Prowl from their dens, and leave the whelps to stay, / With jaws athirst and gaping for the prey. / So to sure death, amid the darkness there, / Where swords, and spears, and foemen bar the way, / Into the centre of the town we fare. / Night with her shadowy cone broods o'er the vaulted air. | |
| 4. | Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. | |
| 5. | We advanced under cover of darkness. | |
| 6. | Our eyes take time to adjust to the darkness. | |
| 7. | The darkness has not overcome it. | |
| 8. | Darkness is the absence of light. | |
| 9. | The "prince of darkness" means Satan. | |
| 10. | A form appeared in the darkness. |