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The phrase "a dark cell" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small, enclosed space that lacks light, often in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The prisoner sat quietly in a dark cell, contemplating his fate."
Alternatives: "a dim chamber" or "a shadowy enclosure".
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Alone and afraid, he is taken to a police station and pushed into a dark cell.
He and about fifty other foreigners shared a dark cell, sleeping on the floor.
But he was kept alone in a dark cell around the clock except for three short stints outside to pray.
Later, Mr. Hanief was transferred to a dark cell in the basement of the main building, where he spent the next year.
Following the nightclub incident, Mr. Tobin was taken to the police station where he was interrogated and locked in a dark cell.
The mirrors of my house filled me with such a sense of gladness that a room without one struck me as a dark cell.
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(a) The asterisk indicates a darker cell, conceivably an alpha cell, surrounded by lighter beta cells.
There, he later says, he is beaten with shredded cables and kept in a tiny, dark cell he calls "a grave".
Could a prisoner be locked in a completely dark cell?
Prisoners also told us of the punishments they face for infractions of prison rules: they are placed naked into a small, dark cell and forced to stand in water, mixed with their own urine and faeces, for days.
At first he was kept in a cramped, dark cell by himself; later he was moved to another prison, where 150 men were crowded into a squalid room meant for 50.
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