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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a dark house" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a house that lacks light or has a gloomy atmosphere.
Example: "As I approached the old, abandoned property, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine as I gazed at the dark house looming in the distance."
Alternatives: "a dim house" or "a shadowy house".
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A dark house in a New England town.
This used to mean a dark house a night after.
"They hated a dark house, but had beautiful tapestries," he remembered.
A dark house made up of rooms in houses I had known.
It knows what time we generally go to bed, and no one ever comes home to a dark house anymore".
She patrols a dark house, checking locks, surveilling a living room stretching like a desert and lit by the glow of a computer.
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