Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no stars visible, or no starlight: as, a starless night.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being without stars; having no stars visible.
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- adjective without
visible stars .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
Etymologies
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Examples
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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 Marianne Mollmann 2012
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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) Martin Lewis 2011
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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 Kumi Naidoo 2011
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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 Marianne Mollmann 2012
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His name has been lost in a starless midnight, and he walks down a long road to find it again, a stick in his hand and a hound at his side.
Novel Excerpt - Full Chapter of Jimmy! George LaCas 2011
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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 Kumi Naidoo 2011
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Duffy would like his next film to be The Good King, which he describes as “a comedy black as the starless night at the bottom of the ocean.”
'The Boondock Saints II': A cult hit gets a second shot | EW.com 2009
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What a relief after a starless fortnight in the planet's football capital.
In Dallas, Stars Are Again Aligned Jason Gay 2010
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The land and sky were gone and only filaments remained, glittering gossamer against endless, starless black.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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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 Marianne Mollmann 2012
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