Poor Jo, these were
dark days to her, for something like despair came over her when she thought of spending all her life in that quiet house, devoted to humdrum cares, a few small pleasures, and the duty that never seemed to grow any easier.
Little Women
When he was cold in the
dark days of rain, or thirsty in a prolonged drouth, his discomfort engendered first of all thoughts of Meriem's welfare--after she had been made warm, after her thirst had been slaked, then he turned to the affair of ministering to his own wants.
Son Of Tarzan
Doubts thronged on her of the
dark days to come; dread beset her of the hidden danger which her own silence toward Norah and Magdalen might store up in the near future.
No Name
I am now writing of those
dark days in the past, when the railway and the electric telegraph were still visions in the minds of inventors.
The Two Destinies
‘tis a grevous long time that, and many
dark days have we seen together sin’ it.”
Pioneers
Then came my
dark days, and my explosion with Madame Nioche.
American
So we went on for a few of those
dark days, Raffles very glum and grim, till one fine morning the Yeomanry idea put new heart into us all.
Raffles Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman
It was near noon before we set out; a
dark day with clouds, and the sun shining upon little patches.
Kidnapped
They buried Amelia's mother in the churchyard at Brompton, upon just such a rainy,
dark day as Amelia recollected when first she had been there to marry George.
Vanity Fair
A terrible sheet of lightning burst before their eyes, illuminating the
dark day, and the thunder rolled wildly about them.
South Sea Tales
"A lot of football clubs have
dark days, a lot of football clubs go through poor periods in their history, and we certainly have done that.
out of darkness, a chris of life
WITH the abrogation of Article 370
dark days are ahead not only for the people of occupied Kashmir but of India and Pakistan too.
India's mischief in occupied Kashmir (5)
Maryam Nawaz termed the ongoing times under PTI regime as '
Dark days'.
Incompetence has harmed Pakistan: Maryam
A report by the Wales Audit Office has praised Anglesey's level of internal scrutiny - a far cry from its previous
dark days which once saw it dubbed the "most corrupt" in the UK.
Council praised for better scrutiny
The power is too great, walls are destroyed, and along with the wedding party, members of
Dark Days Club find themselves relocating to the duke's more remote ancestral home.
Goodman, Alison. The Dark Days Deceit