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UK
/stˈɑːləs/
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ADJECTIVE
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not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
dark starless nights
How To Use starless In A Sentence
- The faint roar of the traffic and the sea widened the night, but the sky was starless, the low cloud hung overhead and sealed us in. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
- The night was starless and extremely dark. No doubt, in the gloom some immense angel stood erect with wings outspread, awaiting that soul.
- I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... Marianne Mollmann: Race, Class and Justice in the U.S. Legal System: Still a Long Way From the Promised Land
- Reagan famously maintained the self-delusion of his starless and bible-black follicles up till the age of 80 despite the fact that even America's entire population of three-year old immature cucumbers and most conservatives knew that Reagan's hair was actually as gray as a charcoal sketch of Al Gore. Martin Lewis: See Bin Laden Dye! (Not For The Sensitive)
- The land and sky were gone and only filaments remained, glittering gossamer against endless, starless black. End of Time
- The reason for our trip to Chernobyl that starless night was to "bear witness" to the anniversary as part of Greenpeace's decades-long campaign to stop nuclear energy. Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again
- It was afternoon, twilight yet out of doors: starless and moonless twilight; for, though keenly freezing with a dry, black frost, heaven wore a mask of clouds congealed and fast-locked. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
- That, as much as anything, explains why the movie is essentially starless, with its cast drawn mostly from television or from film supporting roles.
- In the dark, starless air, every sound seems muffled: the falling rain, the stirring of the waking crew, the whisper of the surf.
- dark starless nights