Sentence examples for altogether dark from inspiring English sources

We are pleasantly surprised to learn, in a letter written by Haj to our hero from his flowery estate in Bukavu, on Lake Kivu, that the heart of darkness is not altogether dark: "The Goma cheese is still okay, the lights go out for three hours a day, but nobody puts out the lights on the fishing boats at night".

Even for Iraq's secular politicians, who have been virtually eclipsed by sectarian and religious figures and who received none of the seven positions filled this weekend, the mood on Sunday was not altogether dark.

But there was an altogether darker side to the story.

A novel, though, was an altogether darker beast.

This is, however, an altogether darker, less straightforward and more problematic work than its predecessor.

He shifts between graphically meticulous drawings of Thomas Hardy and something altogether darker.

Hawskmoor, by contrast, was an altogether darker and more intense talent.

From the sun-kissed frolics in Brighton that will live with us for ever to something altogether darker, more Six Nations.

What follows is altogether darker, as each character is left to deal with the unforeseen Dostoevskian consequences of their actions.

But there is an altogether darker novel hiding behind the tales of domestic disaster and the nostalgic snippets.

So did Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, although his conclusion that Ukrainian sovereignty must be sacrificed to secure Moscow's interests was altogether darker.