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The phrase "awful darkness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a particularly intense or frightening absence of light, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "As the storm approached, an awful darkness enveloped the landscape, making it impossible to see anything beyond a few feet."
Alternatives: "terrible darkness" or "dreadful darkness".
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But where that story began with an awful darkness that slowly opened into light, this one goes right down into the dark.
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As photos spread of Manhattan subways submerged and that awful, simple darkness, San Francisco's Market Street was awash in a few thousand dollars worth of orange and black confetti.
One of the reasons you may be afraid of the dark is because you feel that darkness is evil, awful, darkly mysterious, chaotic, or any other number of negative things.
Man's cruelty to man knows no bounds, and the lesson that Jack and his family learn at the heart of Rwanda's darkness is how awful life can be for all of those who know power only through hatred.
Steam jets, flickering lights, distant screams, the sound of rending metal, flickers of movements and darkness pregnant with awful possibility had me thoroughly freaked out before I met my first alien.
But since that awful summer, I have only experienced glimmers of the deepest darkness.
We approach the village of Burton in darkness because the clocks have just gone back and the traffic on the M4 has been awful.
And yet that final glimpse into the darkness of his soul eludes him -- not because he is dishonest but because it is too painful and awful to acknowledge.
Awful, Awful, Awful.
Such darkness!
Darkness fell.
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