Ichikawa's films are marked with a certain darkness and bleakness, punctuated with sparks of humanity.

Clarke nodded, followed Sandra back into a darkness punctuated by lightning, as if the light show could somehow earth all the energy in the room.

The plate abruptly filled with darkness punctuated by fuzzy lens shapes; the lenses were all colors, from red through yellow to the purest blue.

He entered a darkness punctuated with dim, flickering candles, some no more than stubs.

The Jeep's headlights were still on, illuminating a cattail-choked marsh that stretched into darkness punctuated by slivers of light reflected in water.

So the darkness of the story she tells - punctuated by the contented squeals of little Americans - is doubly shocking.

He turned abruptly, and vanished into the darkness, where the shuffle of feet was growing louder, punctuated with bumps as heavy objects were shifted.

It gleamed faintly blue in the darkness punctuated by stars, strangely shaped.

Below us was darkness punctuated by a surprising number of lightning flashes.

Waiting in darkness punctuated by the noises of night creatures which nibbled, squeaked, and scrabbled was most tedious.