the dark

noun

1

: 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.

2

: 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.

3

: a state in which something is hidden or kept secret

Most of their deals were made in the dark.

4

: 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

Only the dark bodies of container ships, crowned with blinking lights, massed along the sea’s horizon, as solid as a wall. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Swift appears as the ghost of Farrell’s former wife, warning Johnson about her husband and revealing the dark truth behind his past. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026

Although Charles Xavier has the power to read minds, Christopher Abbott is being kept in the dark about his next big role. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026

PBHs could account for some—or even all—of the dark matter in the universe, replacing or supplementing other candidates such as weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) and axions. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the dark

• ballpark
• benchmark
• birthmark
• daymark
• earmark
• embark
• hallmark
• landmark
• monarch
• postmark
• remark
• skylark