first dark

noun

, Southern U.S.

1. twilight.

Example Sentences

Are we entering the first dark ages of Marvel Studios?

From Washington Post

“In the spring of 2020, my husband and I offered to read to our 3-year-old niece on Zoom to give her parents a brief break. Some days during those first dark months of the pandemic, knowing that soon I’d be reading picture books to our bright and cheerful niece got me out of bed in the morning. Three years later, we still read to her for an hour every week — and sometimes now she reads to us!”

From New York Times

Two people familiar with the arrangement said that Nauta remained on active duty while he worked as a personal aide during Trump’s first, dark months at Mar-a-Lago, where the former president stewed about being forced from office and his failure to overturn the election.

From Washington Post

After countless years of brutal bloodshed to rid the world of orcs and their creator — the first Dark Lord Morgoth — the elves, humans, and dwarves who call Middle Earth home believe that a new era of peace is upon them, and that it’s finally safe enough to let their guards down.

From The Verge

In the first dark days of the pandemic, as an Amazon worker named Christian Smalls planned a small, panicked walkout over safety conditions at the retailer’s only fulfillment center in New York City, the company quietly mobilized.

From Seattle Times