The light was so poor, now, that the land and the sea seemed to meld under the blue-black sky.

For a long moment he lay still, his eyes fixed on the blue-black sky.

I saw the fortressed high walls of the Garden, black on blue-black sky.

I gazed up at the big cave, dark against the blue-black sky.

He lay on his back, and stared thoughtfully into the blue-black sky.

Ahead, he could see the ship silhouetted against the blue-black sky beyond.

She was looking up at the branches of a tree, silhouetted against a blue-black sky.

Beyond the trees and clouds, the field of blue-black sky held a lone star, high over her forehead.

It floated right beyond the window, silvery and bright against the blue-black sky.

The peaks were harsh against the blue-black sky and bright stars.