Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being sightless: want of sight.
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- noun The characteristic of being
sightless ;blindness .
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- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
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Examples
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He closed his visionless eyes and tried to imagine the dexterous maneuver he had performed so many times in daylight without the encumbrances of water and pressure, of sightlessness and currents.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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Jason was at her side before she realized it, as if he understood all too well her fear of sightlessness-of course, he had been only a few feet away, and no longer needed to worry about erasing the chalk-marks by striding directly across to her.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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He closed his visionless eyes and tried to imagine the dexterous maneuver he had performed so many times in daylight without the encumbrances of water and pressure, of sightlessness and currents.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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He closed his visionless eyes and tried to imagine the dexterous maneuver he had performed so many times in daylight without the encumbrances of water and pressure, of sightlessness and currents.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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His eyes seemed to possess the frosted blue sightlessness of a man with severe cataracts.
Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
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His eyes seemed to possess the frosted blue sightlessness of a man with severe cataracts.
Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
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His eyes seemed to possess the frosted blue sightlessness of a man with severe cataracts.
Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
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It made her feel strong, in command, it could bring out her sense of pity, it could do lots of things, my sightlessness.
'Homer & Langley' 2009
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When an epidemic of sightlessness overwhelms an unnamed metropolitan hub, the afflicted are herded into a decommissioned sanitarium, quarantined by the government and kept under armed guards until an answer can be found.
Hasta la vista Arbogast 2009
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In their sightlessness, the internees leave their past lives behind, reaching out to one another in more ways than one to form bonds that would seem ridiculous by light of day.
Hasta la vista Arbogast 2009
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