Sentence examples for staring darkness from inspiring English sources

It means physically stepping into the ring, staring darkness in the eyes and taking it down--whether by working with local police to arrest perpetrators, providing quality aftercare to survivors, preventing violence by strengthening vulnerable communities, or advocating for change at the local, regional and national levels of government.

As the lights come up and we see the silhouette of Treasure Island on the horizon, the thrill of our adventure can't block out our memories of Marlow, in Heart of Darkness, staring from the deck of his own ship into the dark heart of the Congo wilderness.

The boy, too, seems transfixed, staring into the darkness.

Shaken by the dream, Nachman turned off the lamp and lay staring into the darkness.

Marshall stood off to one side, alone, staring into the darkness.

Bridget spent some moments staring at the darkness where her friend had been.

Staring into the darkness, Don conjures scenes of the sordid, poverty-stricken way he came into the world, images accompanied by faint, sad strains of "My Old Kentucky Home".

After staring into the darkness for what seemed like hours, I finally got up and put on my robe, having decided that I'd overcome my sense of being a specimen on display — here comes Mental Patient No. 12 — and approach the nurses' station about getting more sleeping meds.

The number of people actually committing violence in New Orleans is tiny, maybe fewer than a thousand really bad guys, he said, hunching over the wheel and staring into the darkness — which is from where, for all I knew, he was pulling his statistics.

The pictures show various people posing warily, framed by the panes of their windows, one man shirtless, wearing jeans, all of them stiffly staring into the darkness outside their apartments or half-smiling at the camera, skeptical, apprehensive, curious, compliant, vulnerable -- their expressions are hard to fix.

It's just after midnight in Texas and I'm lying in my bed, eyes wide open, staring into the darkness.