Dark
Dark adjective - Being without light or without much light.
Opens
Both words in one sentence
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Castle Murders by John DeChancie opens on a college campus, with the Spoonerism "It was a stark and dormy night..." He uses the line "It was a dark night of Sturm und Drang."
Source: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night -
The Zachary Nixon Johnson novel The Doomsday Brunette opens with "It was a dark and stormy night..." as the first sentence.
Source: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night -
Despite being in a visual medium, Wild ARMs 3 opens with the words "It was a dark and stormy night," overlaid on animated storm clouds. Unironically.
Source: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
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Opens and Dark. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dark/opens
Dark & Opens. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dark/opens>.
Opens or Dark. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dark/opens.
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