Then the darkness again, and then less light than before, then darkness.

The tops of the trees were silhouetted against the slightly lighter darkness of the night.

He could see Alwa's head turn against the lighter darkness of the eastern sky.

Running down the corridor, Tim was plunged into darkness-then light again-then darkness.

It will mean darkness not light!

I was in a universe which was half light, half darkness.

Miz pleaded, pointing to the low, dark lump that was the town, barely outlined against the lighter darkness behind it.

The corridor became slightly darker as the more intense darkness inside the room spilled out and mingled with the rather lighter darkness already there.

I could see Jamie, too, his figure black against the lighter darkness of the night.

It was like a small light far off hi darkness.