| The soil was pitch black and the moon was a crimson red against a starless, dark blue night sky. |
| Keela's eyes, black like a starless night or the cloud-black waters of Okeechobee had lured and lured to sensual conquest. |
| Ajit woke up sweating and looked out of his window into the starless, black midnight sky. |
| Not even the moon shone on the black, starless night and the woman picked her way carefully across the city, keeping a wary eye out for cutpurses and nocturnal pickpockets. |
| The black, starless sky creeps over the muddled sunset that stains the waves purple before melting away. |
| A storm must be brewing, thought he, as he glanced up into the starless heavens. |
