My sight has been very much impaired during the last month; after sundown, I am in total darkness.
After the rays of the sun have left the earth, all istotal darkness to me, even if there is a moon; I was therefore compelled to camp until daylight.
I cannot now see a single star, everything at night is total darkness.
His voice was answered only by the deep echoes which ran in murmurs through the place, and died away at a distance; and the moon now sinking behind a cloud, left him in total darkness.
In the terror which this occasioned, he attempted to save himself by catching at a kind of beam which projected over the stairs, when the lamp dropped from his hand, and he was left in total darkness.
Ferdinand, who was left in total darkness, followed to the door, which the affrighted Peter had not stopped to fasten, but which had closed, and seemed held by a lock that could be opened only on the outside.
The hollow winds swept over the mountains, and blew bleak and cold around; the clouds were driven swiftly over the face of the moon, and the duke and his people were frequently involved in total darkness.
The mate cursed him vigorously, rather from habit than from ill temper, and the seaman shut us in, leaving us once more in total darkness.
We passed but one house, and that was in total darkness, and if any person in it had been awake, our passage would not have been heard, for we were all barefooted but three, myself and two others.
He took it by the blade; I placed my musket against the table and reached forward to take the hilt, but with a sudden swift movement he swept the candles to the floor and the room was in total darkness.
The door closed on his back; and the twain were in total darkness.
The longer fish and frogs are kept in total darkness, the lower is the number of color-cells and the smaller is the amount of coloring-matter.
I have, time and again, reared tadpoles from the eggs in total darkness, yet they differ in no respect from those reared in full daylight.
A butterfly emerges from the cocoon arrayed in all the colors of the rainbow; yet it was developed, while in the pupa state, in total darkness.
These failed, however, during the months of total darkness.
At the same time the moon, whose light had till now been of the greatest use to me, set, and I was left in total darkness.
Thus circumstanced, I scarcely ever found myself in total darkness, and was better provided against surprises than I had been in my preceding situation.
The room was a large one, and when I entered was in total darkness.
He upset the lantern and left us in total darkness.
The next moment, to my horror, without the slightest warning, the light I was carrying went out, leaving me in total darkness.
We drew up at the little inn, to find the place in total darkness, and all the inhabitants evidently in bed and asleep.
The electric lights were now turned out and tests were given in total darkness, with smoked paper on the floor as a means of obtaining a record of the number of errors.
As it was not possible for the observer to watch the animal and thus to count the number of mistakes which it made in total darkness, the simple method of placing a piece of smoked paper on the floor of the labyrinth was used.
As Column V shows, the number of errors in total darkness is very small.
London was in total darkness, save for the feeble ghostly glimmer the gaslights gave here and there.
When I returned to my vault, of course the gas was turned off--the porters had seen to that--and I was in total darkness.
The trap closed—the lobby was again involved in total darkness; and for the next ten minutes the silence of death appeared to reign within the house.
Richard started: he was in total darkness—and a momentary tremor came over him.
When we were about half-way up the stairs the faint light which had illuminated us from below suddenly vanished, and we found ourselves in total darkness.
As these had to be removed in total darkness, it took me some time.
Had I possessed a light I should have seen how next to proceed, but I was still in total darkness.
The light which had during the time pervaded the hold, faded away, and I was left in total darkness.
I was in total darkness, and the chest, for so I supposed it, was large enough to enable me to move about.
The moment the door closed they were in total darkness.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "total darkness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
