OPACITY in a Sentence

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1. In an eclipse in the night, in the sooty opacity, there is anxiety even for the stoutest of hearts.

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 Meanings and Examples of OPACITY
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opacity
 n.  the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
 n.  the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
Classic Sentence:
1  The light from the tiny lamps fell in all sorts of odd forms, as the rays crossed each other, or the opacity of our bodies threw great shadows.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  In an eclipse in the night, in the sooty opacity, there is anxiety even for the stoutest of hearts.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
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