It was a time when darkness lay heavy on the world.

Darkness had finally laid claim on the long summer day.

Inside the inner door only darkness and the knowledge of what lay within.

She felt suddenly depressed, as though a darkness lay upon her.

Dead ahead, the back hatch was wide open and darkness lay beyond it.

Now this darkness lay upon the land like a thick cloud for three whole days and nights.

If there was ever a place where darkness lay upon the face of the deep, this was it.

The flames were lessening behind them, and darkness lay ahead.

The mountains were purple still, and in their shadow darkness lay thick upon the land.

Darkness lay beyond in the corridor to the left, but the one to the right was blocked by a dense fall of rock.